From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Tuesday’s aerial bombardment, which preceded the ground offensive, was one of the deadliest days of the war. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that more than 400 people were killed, including women and ...

In contrast to Certeau's view, satellite images can be a powerful tool to understand, predict, and strive for a better future for humankind. This is the mission of Benjamin Grant, founder of ...

Texting via satellite comes to customers with recent Pixel and Galaxy phones starting today. Texting via satellite comes to customers with recent Pixel and Galaxy phones starting today.

A Google-backed initiative aimed at using satellites to detect and prevent wildfires before they escalate, has moved one step closer to its goal. The FireSat project’s first satellite was successfully ...

On 17 March, at least 21 civilians, including women and children, were killed in an aerial bombardment in Nasir. Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan, with its military chief ...

Quantum network is step towards ultrasecure internet The satellite, called Jinan-1, is ten times lighter, 45 times cheaper and much more efficient than its predecessor, Micius, which launched in ...

Scientists have successfully established the world's longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning 12,900 km. Using the Chinese quantum microsatellite Jinan-1, launched ...

OroraTech launched its first wildfire-detection satellite – FOREST-1 – in 2022, followed by one more in 2023 and another earlier this year. The company tells us that another eight are due to ...

Starlink users also need to have their hands on one of SpaceX's satellite internet kits to enable them to connect from anywhere with a good view of the sky. SpaceX recently posted a video on X ...

Clouds from infrared image combined with static colour image of surface. False-colour infrared image with colour-coded temperature ranges and map overlay. Raw infrared image with map overlay. Raw ...