TED Talks
The multidimensional magic of modern maps | Peter Wilczynski
New ReviewMaps have long helped us understand the world — now, they can help us shape it. Digital cartographer Peter Wilczynski introduces the Living Globe: a real-time, data-rich digital twin of Earth that fuses satellite imagery, sensor data and...
TED Talks
TED: How data-driven journalism illuminates patterns of injustice | Alison Killing
A blank spot on a digital map can signal much more than a gap in data -- it can mean something is being intentionally hidden. Sharing the remarkable discovery of massive alleged detention camps in Xinjiang, China, Pulitzer Prize-winning...
TED Talks
TED: Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites | Sarah Parcak
Around the world, hundreds of thousands of lost ancient sites lie buried and hidden from view. Satellite archaeologist Sarah Parcak is determined to find them before looters do. With the 2016 TED Prize, Parcak is building an online...
Curated Video
The science and the art of open source journalism | The Listening Post (Full)
From Xinjiang, China to Douma, Syria - how challenging stories are being reported using tools of open-source journalism.
Curated Video
Could the US shut down the Open Skies treaty? | Inside Story
US accuses Russia of violating military pact signed in the aftermath of the Cold War.
Curated Video
How US Hides & Protects its Advanced Fighter Jets from Scary Storms
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel as we take a look at the way the US Military prepares for massive hurricanes. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of this...
Astrum
What Satellites Can See From Space Is Troubling
The military spy satellites orbiting Earth, right now.
Curated Video
Ways of Looking at the World
From two dimensional maps, to satellite images from space: discover some of the many ways to explore the Earth and its physical and 'human' features. Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Maps have been used by...
Wonderscape
Old Maps vs. Modern Maps: How Mapmaking Has Evolved
This video explores how maps have changed over time, from early inaccurate maps to today’s precise satellite imagery. Learn how old maps were shaped by limited knowledge and how modern technology, like satellite images and digital maps,...
NASA
2020 Goddard Summer Film Festival
Presented virtually, the festival highlights Goddard’s achievements over the past year in astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics, and planetary science, including recent and upcoming missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope,...
The Wall Street Journal
Big Brother or Big Savings?
The new world of personal data uses algorithms and smart devices to offer cheaper, better insurance coverage, but at what price to consumer privacy? Hear from executives of two startups upending the way financial institutions deploy your...
Next Animation Studio
Satellite images reveal North Korea’s screcte nuclear weapons facility: report
Satellite images suggest North Korea is using an undeclared facility to make or store nuclear weapons, CNN reports.
NASA
NASA Studies Snow At The Winter Olympics
NASA engineer Manuel Vega can see one of the Olympic ski jump towers from the rooftop of the South Korean weather office where he is stationed. Vega is not watching skiers take flight, preparing for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics...
NASA
COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard Tutorial
COVID-19 led to changes in human activities around the globe. Some bodies of water have run clearer, emissions of pollutants have temporarily declined, and transportation and shipment of goods have decreased. We can see some of these...
NASA
NASA | The Changing Chesapeake
The Chesapeake Bay receives water from the 64,000 square miles of land surrounding the bay and Landsat satellites are a critical and invaluable tool for characterizing the landscape and mapping it over time. Landsat data provides a...
NASA
Why Observe?: Land Cover
Nearly every aspect of our lives is fundamentally tied to the land on which we live. Citizens using GLOBE Observer can observe land cover in much greater detail and more frequently than scientists can using satellite data alone. But why...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Chris Potter Talks about Wildfires and a Changing Climate
A conversation with Chris Potter, a Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Curated Video
Capella Space Rocking Satellite Industry With Imagery System
Payam Banazadeh, founder and CEO of Capella Space, joined Cheddar News to discuss the satellite imagery company's latest $60 million funding and what government projects lie ahead.
Curated Video
Russian Troop Movements, Expulsion of U.S. Diplomat Rachets Up Ukraine Tension
With contradictory reports about Russian troops pulling back or being added to the border with Ukraine and the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat from Russia, tensions in the region appear to be escalating. Jack Detsch, a Pentagon and national...
Curated Video
U.S. Deploys Bombers Near Iran As Trump Warns Of Strike If Nuclear Talks Collapse | Watch
The U.S. has positioned ten strategic bombers, including B-2s and B-52s, at Diego Garcia amid ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran. Satellite imagery confirmed two additional B-52 bombers arrived within 24 hours, raising alarms of...
Curated Video
Is the Israeli-Lebanon truce a ceasefire or a cover?
Did Israel use the Lebanon ceasefire as a cover to solidify its military presence?
Curated Video
U.S. Spy Satellite Images Help Discover Ancient Battle Site
In an archaeological breakthrough spy satellite imagery has led to the site of a Seventh century battle in present day Iraq.
Curated Video
Images show Egypt constructing wall near Rafah border
The area where the video was filmed has since been completely cleared out by the Egyptian government, something that's visible in satellite imagery.
Getty Images
CU Shot of weather satellite loop showing powerful storm - tornado outbreak moving across southern US / United States
CU Shot of weather satellite loop showing powerful storm - tornado outbreak moving across southern US / United States