NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The ...

Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...

From space, scientists can track everything from sea levels or greenhouse gases to infectious bacteria or water stored ...

It would be difficult for one company to provide comprehensive weather data in a reliable way that is also accessible to the ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its ...

The sunrise never quite made its grand entrance over the First Coast Thursday morning. Instead, a thick blanket of clouds ...

Related: Solar-sailing probes may soon get their moment in the sun NOAA's Office of Space Weather Observations oversees the agency's operational satellite systems in space, which provide crucial ...

When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered where they get all ...

It was so cold on Tuesday that cloud-detecting satellites think nearly all of Minnesota, the Dakotas and western Wisconsin ...

Himawari-8 and -9 are geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). They are successors to JMA’s Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) series, offering ...