The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

Using instruments on board, the Biomass satellite will be able to measure the woody trunks, branches and stems where carbon ...

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Europe's space agency, ESA, has retired the Gaia satellite after more than nine years of service. Launched in 2013, Gaia created the most detailed 3D ...

ABB has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies, a leading U.S. defense company, to develop and build a high-resolution infrared interferometry system to power L3Harris' next-generation ...

For decades, scientists have known that ordinary matter — everything made of atoms — accounts for just 15% of the universe’s ...

UK-based Blue Skies Space has announced that it will build a fleet of satellites to map the early universe from lunar orbit. The project called RadioLuna is being funded by the Italian Space Agency ...

Euclid is on a quest to unravel one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: why it's expanding faster and faster. With help ...

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a multi-year expansion with onX, a pioneer in outdoor digital navigation. Through this ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...