On Saint Patrick's Day in 1958, the U.S. Navy launched Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite and the oldest ...
In January 2026, ESA’s CryoSat satellite, primarily designed to monitor polar ice, detected a powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by an X-class solar flare. This was made possible after the satellite ...
A New Mexico startup revealed its plans to deliver sunlight to satellites in orbit, helping power the spacecraft during times ...
(NewsNation) — A new paper calculated a solar storm could bring down the planet’s satellite system in just three days, wreaking havoc on infrastructure. Low-earth orbit is home to around 14,000 ...
It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. But that is just what ESA's CryoSat ...