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The satellite will be equipped with upgrades including a coronagraph to more closely monitor solar activity like the ramp-up in flares experienced in May.

The agency and airframer are overcoming atmospheric and technical challenges to see how sustainable aviation fuel affects emissions and contrails.

The Earth’s average surface temperature in 2023 surpassed predictions and was the warmest on record.

The QuickSounder is the first in a new generation of small, low-Earth-orbit satellites for weather and climate-change observations.

Spire Global has won a $4.6 million, 12-month NASA contract to develop a microwave sounder device for the NOAA Near-Earth Orbit Network satellite constellation.

Summer 2023 has seen its fair share of challenges, including record-breaking high temperatures—something airlines may have to contend with more in the future.

Intuitive Machines plans to raise $20 million from a sale of its stock and warrants to an undisclosed institutional investor.

True Anomaly says it is aiming to produce one example of its Jackal space domain awareness satellites every five days.

July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month since 1880, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) says.

Extreme heat causes operational challenges for airlines, yielding a pressing question carriers may face: should they reduce range, or cut payload?

Taiwan will deliver a record high of more than 1,000 indigenous missiles next year amid rising tensions with China.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson marked the first day of summer by cutting the ribbon on a new Earth Information Center.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson marked the first day of summer by cutting the ribbon on a new Earth Information Center.