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Satellites

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Landsat 9 satellite onboard launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021.

Landsat 9 will capture satellite images of a radically changing Earth, NASA scientist says

Science & Technology

Josh Willis, who works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech in Pasadena, California, has used Landsat satellite images in his own work. He joins The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the power of Landsats to understand climate change. 

A blue ball in a black field surrounded by white, tiny dots.

Got space junk? Wooden satellites may be the solution.

Science & Technology
Ixtoc blowout

Forgotten satellite data is helping researchers reconstruct the effects of a 1979 oil spill

Environment
An artist's rendering of a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant planet.

Life beyond Earth? The best bet may be on moons, not planets

Science

For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish

Environment

Space junk orbiting Earth endangers satellites, spacecraft

Environment

The National Research Council identified some 22,000 space junk objects orbiting the Earth, and is looking for a way to remove the potentially dangerous debris.

The World

Satellite program aims to deter atrocities in Sudan

Environment

A partnership between Google, the U.N., Harvard University and a group led by actor George Clooney has developed a high tech plan to try and prevent large-scale violence in Sudan.

The World

Satellites and the environment

Environment

The World’s Julia Kumari Drapkin explains how satellite images can be used to help protect the world’s forests and wildlife.