Rochester Institute of Technology researchers have solved a problem nagging NASA’s Landsat 8 Earth-sensing satellite. Stray light in the thermal infrared sensor, or TIRS, reduces accurate temperature ...

A Jan. 30 image from the Landsat 8 satellite reveals how the recent precipitation has transformed the water levels at Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio. Photo below shows low water levels on Dec.

NASA's Landsat satellites have consistently made history in Earth observation since the project's first launch in 1972, with this year marking 50 years of innovation and science. Its influence may ...

The following amazing images of Earth from space were snapped by satellites in the Landsat project, a joint venture between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. The project is the longest continuous ...

Cool pictures show America’s chilly recent weather – from space. Fascinating images taken by a satellite and an astronaut ...

Earlier this week, Google announced that it upgraded the satellite imagery on Google Maps and Google Earth with data collected from Landsat 8. With finer detail, more accurate colors, and a faster ...

In May, about 30 miles from the ominously named town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, a conflagration began. Known as the Black Fire, it soon blew up, growing explosively and consuming huge ...

Rochester Institute of Technology researchers have solved a problem nagging NASA's Landsat 8 Earth-sensing satellite. Stray light in the thermal infrared sensor, or TIRS, reduces accurate temperature ...