Northern Lights Are Beautiful, but for Satellites They’re Risky

At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.

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Blue Origin Launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars: How to Watch

This will be the second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’s space company and will include a key test of whether it can land a booster stage for later reuse.

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World Falling Short on Methane Pledge, U.N. Report Finds

Several agency programs are trying to track and reduce methane emissions around the world. They aren’t meeting the targets fast enough.

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Trump Administration Stopping Efforts to Collect Scientific Data

A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.

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Satellite Images Show Israeli Military Buildup Around Gaza City

The images show Israeli armored vehicles in multiple places along the outskirts of the city on Tuesday morning, after Israel said it had begun its armed offensive into the city.

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The Trump Administration Wants to Switch Off Climate Satellites

The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.

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Sept. 29: Blue Origin could launch twin NASA satellites to Mars.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes

Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.

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When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions.

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Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online, Officials Say

The Department of Defense said it no longer planned to shut down a program that makes satellite data publicly available to researchers and forecasters.

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