Images from Cold War spy satellites have revealed the dramatic extent of ice loss in the Himalayan glaciers. Scientists compared photographs taken by a US reconnaissance programme with recent ...

TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--A government spy satellite was successfully placed into orbit on Jan. 12. The H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 48 blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center here at ...

But what exactly these satellites are persistently monitoring—or why—is classified. Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a question about spy ...

SEOUL--North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year, demonstrating the nation's determination to build a space-based ...

SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites this morning (Dec. 17) from California's central coast. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 8:19 a.m. EST ...

Their new satellite observations of the Dotson Ice ... inverted canyon through more than half the thickness of the shelf structure. If the melting continued unabated, it would break Dotson in ...

South Korea on Saturday launched its third military spy satellite from a US space center in California, according to local media. South Korean indigenous spy satellite was launched on a SpaceX ...

South Korea's third homegrown military spy satellite, launched Saturday from a U.S. space center on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, has successfully entered orbit, the defense ministry said. The Falcon ...