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Satellites on the blink
How does GPS work?
How does technology know where in the world we are?
How do solar cells work?
All about... SETI
Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
What are the northern lights?
What is a gravitational wave?
Under sunveillance
Sci-Art: The final frontier
A brief history of space
Nobel-prize winning accidents

Third from the Sun: Geographical features as seen from space
The use of satellites to give information about our planet. The history of gathering information and how satellites have increased our ability to do this.

How Satellites Work
A brief description of how Satellites work. Part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.

How Digital Radio Works
Satellite radio is poised to change the way we listen to music. Find out how digital radio gets from Earth to satellite to you!. From HowStuffWorks.com.

COBE Satellite
NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite was launched to explore the cosmic microwave background radiation. It has discovered fluctuations in that radiation which are important to big bang ...

Heavens Above
Positions of satellites, views of the night sky, customized to location/time zone etc.

Video: Peeling Back the Ice of Antarctica
The underlying rock of the Antarctic that is scanned by satellites is revealed.


How does GPS work?
More information on how GPS satellites calculate your location, from using accurate atomic clocks to ensuring enough coverage.

Magnetic Reversals
Space weather effects on technology such as GPS, power systems, submarines, satellites, planes and more.