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This Friday, John C. Mankins, a former NASA employee who is an expert on space solar power will make a big announcement about a potentially huge alternative energy breakthrough. The basic idea is that satellites in space will collect solar energy and beam it down to the earth.

New satellite observations show that sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster while air temperatures in the region are rising sharply, scientists say.

Satellite photographs from new book show how both natural events and people are reshap

The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment meets to continue oversight on the next-generation Geostationary OperationalEnvironmental Satellite (GOES) program. The Government Accountability Office has been continuing its evaluation of progress made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the request of the Subcommittee, and releases its new report.

Greenpeace have launched the Great Whale Trail, following the migration of humpback whales from the warm tropical waters of the South Pacific, where they breed, to the icy Southern Ocean around Antarctica, where they feed. And they're doing it via satellite tracking and Google Maps. Nifty.