Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in mid-June — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a moment, it outshined everything else in the sky. The ensuing search for its ...

While the raw speed isn't too impressive, it was achieved using a laser with less power than an energy-saving lightbulb.

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

A NASA satellite that had been dead for nearly six decades issued a surprising sign of life. In June 2024, a team of astronomers was perplexed when a radio telescope in Australia scanning the sky over ...

(WHTM) Global Positioning by Satellite (GPS) is so thoroughly embedded in our lives that it’s hard to imagine the technology has existed for less than 50 years. On July 19, 1977, the first GPS ...

Lost or weak GNSS signals are always a concern – be it due to an urban canyon, a tunnel or other obstructions encountered in real-world applications. To traverse these satellite outages, an inertial ...

Satellites depend on radio frequency spectrum to communicate with each other and with ground stations on Earth, but spectrum is a finite resource that’s prone to interference — an issue that’s only ...

GeekWire’s Alan Boyle points his iPhone skyward to seek a satellite connection in an Oregon cafe. (Photo Courtesy of Alissa Farley) NEHALEM, Ore. — When I bought myself a phone that was built for ...

The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. The Notice of ...