Earth's orbit is getting crowded with junk. And that's becoming a major problem. Starting with Sputnik I in 1957, humanity ...

Its design clearly favours function over form: its fibre-reinforced polymer plastic ... to consider: GPS sports watches can log where you jog and track where you cycle. The accuracy and detail will ...

The Pentagon's first batch of new and more capable GPS satellites is as much as eight to 11 months behind the desired ...

Plastic littered across the world’s beaches can now be detected from space. Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia developed a new satellite imaging ...

The Pentagon’s first batch of new and more capable GPS satellites, part of the GPS IIIF program, is facing significant delays ...

But a new satellite imagery technique could help in those cleanups, since it allows researchers to see plastic on beaches from space. Plastic is an increasingly concerning issue, but in marine ...

The Space Force wants to launch dozens of small, cheap satellites as part of its Resilient GPS program, meant to augment the existing constellation. (Astranis) The Space Force wants its next fleet ...

A new satellite imagery technique allows scientists to see plastic on beaches from space. The technique can identify differences in how sand, water, and plastic reflect light, enabling researchers ...

Plastic waste isn’t just an ocean problem Satellite imagery has, for years, been used to help scientists identify plastics floating in the ocean and in giant garbage patches like the Great ...

That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the ...