Satellite images begin to show damage wrought by Iran warSatellite images are emerging, offering a view of the Iran war's damage. Ships are seen burning in an Iranian port. Military bases in the r...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
War from above: Satellite images reveal hidden destruction across Iran conflict zoneSatellite images show the impact of the Iran war. Ships are seen burning in Bandar Abbas, Iran. An American base in Bahrain has a destroyed...
17 Mar, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
Landsat Said Goodbye to a 26-Year Mission, but Its Record of Earth Tells a Bigger StoryLandsat 7, after 25 years, has retired, concluding a mission that provided an invaluable, consistent visual record of Earth. Its images hav...
24 Feb, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
India lost 18,200 ha of primary forest in 2024: Global Forest WatchIndia's primary forest loss increased to 18,200 hectares in 2024, up from 17,700 hectares in 2023, according to Global Forest Watch data. S...
21 May, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
NASA satellites unearth a ‘ghost island’. This is what we know about itNASA satellites captured images of a "ghost island" that briefly appeared following a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea. The island f...
14 Jan, 2025, 02.42 AM IST
NASA, IBM team up to spur new discoveries about EarthNASA and IBM have collaborated to develop artificial intelligence (AI) based models that will make it easier to mine vast datasets to advan...
02 Feb, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Google Cloud unveils carbon footprint tracker, satellite imagery suiteThe new features were among announcements Google Cloud made Tuesday to kick off its annual customer conference, which is being held virtual...
12 Oct, 2021, 08.27 PM IST
Google introduces Timelapse in Google Earth's biggest update since 2017For this Google has compiled 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years into an interactive, explorable 4D experience.
16 Apr, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Antarctica ice melting increased by 280% in last 16 years, study saysThe researchers were able to discern that between 1979 and 1990, Antarctica shed an average of 40 gigatonnes of ice mass annually. From 200...
15 Jan, 2019, 12.58 PM IST
Before and After: NASA shows the devastation caused by floods in KeralaThe before and after images of the area surrounding the Vembanad lake, including areas in Alappuzha, Kottayam, Changanassery and Thiruvalla.
28 Aug, 2018, 12.23 PM IST
- Orbital ATK to build NASA's next Landsat satellite
New York, Oct 26 (IANS) NASA has awarded aerospace and defense technology major Orbital ATK a contract to build Landsat 9, an advanced land...
26 Oct, 2016, 12.52 PM IST
Arctic regions getting greener due to climate change: NasaDue to changing climate, Arctic regions of North America are getting greener, with almost a third of land cover looking more like landscape...
06 Jun, 2016, 11.07 PM IST
Green cover shrinks as urbanisation takes toll on BengaluruBengaluru is fast losing its green cover with urbanisation having risen by 125 per cent between 2000 and 2014, researchers at Indian Instit...
22 Nov, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
New smartphone app to monitor agricultural water useMETRIC processes satellite images to make digital maps, and is currently being used by water managers in 15 states in USA.
15 Oct, 2015, 02.46 PM IST
- World's largest delta fast disappearing into sea
The world's largest delta, Ganga-Bhagirathi, is slowly disappearing into the sea, finds a study by river expert Kalyan Rudra.
18 Aug, 2012, 08.20 PM IST
- China maps out source and course of Brahmaputra, Indus rivers
Chinese scientists have completed a comprehensive satellite study of cross-border Tibetan rivers determining their exact sources besides me...
23 Aug, 2011, 02.43 PM IST
- Satellite images expose scars in tea plantations
Indian tea has undergone a quality degradation due to the presence of old and unyielding bushes in domestic tea gardens.
08 Sep, 2006, 12.04 AM IST