A survivor of the deadly Tibet-Nepal flooding reported that satellite connectivity on his HUAWEI Mate X5 let him stay in contact with the outside world after cellular networks failed. He used the satellite link to reach a helicopter crew and was subsequently evacuated, then shared his account through HUAWEI executive Richard Yu's social media page. The flooding has killed over 900 people, with thousands still unaccounted for.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-31
Researchers used historic meteorological records to build satellite-style visualizations of the weather over Normandy on June 6, 1944. The reconstructed imagery shows only a brief, narrow break in the clouds that allowed the Allied invasion to proceed as planned, illustrating how marginal the conditions actually were.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-08-27
NASA's Starling mission tested FALCON, a navigation system built with startup EraDrive that lets a spacecraft determine its own orbital position by observing nearby satellites and debris rather than relying on GPS signals. The system pairs EraDrive's Era-Core software with Starling's existing star tracker cameras and a catalog of known orbiting objects to calculate location autonomously.
sciencedaily.com
· 2026-08-27
A Landsat 9 satellite pass happened to fly over the Nepal-Tibet border region shortly after a massive glacier collapse, capturing imagery of the resulting damage. The collapse released enough energy to be picked up by seismometers across the globe, underscoring its scale.
twitter.com
· 2026-08-27
A chunk of glacier broke off and fell hundreds of feet along the Nepal-Tibet border, setting off a landslide that unleashed flash floods which have killed roughly 160 people, with hundreds still missing, including international tourists. Satellite imagery and Nepalese government reports point to glacial instability as the likely trigger, and video shared online shows water sweeping away buildings and vehicles.
wired.com
· 2026-08-26
Garmin unveiled its Fenix 9 rugged smartwatch series, led by a base model with an OLED display reaching 3,000 nits brightness, double that of its predecessor, plus more RAM and a faster map engine for smoother panning. The pricier Fenix 9 Pro, starting at $1,099.99, adds a titanium case, optional satellite/LTE connectivity, a larger 1.5-inch display on its biggest size, and solar charging that can extend battery life up to 57 days under ideal outdoor conditions.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-25
Copernicus data shows average ocean surface temperatures reached 21.1C on Saturday, surpassing the previous record of 21.09C set in March 2024. Scientists note the timing is unusual since oceans typically peak in March or April, not August, and this record was set even before El Nino reached its expected peak.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-08-25
A satellite-based analysis led by Xiao-Peng Song and Matthew Hansen at the University of Maryland found that global tree cover increased by roughly 2.24 million square kilometers, an area comparable to Texas and Alaska combined, between 1982 and 2016. The gains, concentrated in temperate, boreal, and subtropical zones, offset major losses in tropical forests caused by deforestation, fire, and drought.
psmag.com
· 2026-08-23
An open-source archive called PURSUE has released its fifth batch of declassified UFO-related records, adding 41 files that include 16 Navy videos, FBI witness interview reports, CIA documents, and State Department cables spanning 1947 to 2026. New material covers a 2021 Gulf of Oman Navy video series, a 2019 Pacific Ocean series, renderings of triangular craft sightings over Afghanistan and Colorado Springs, and older cases from Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Scandinavia's 'Ghost Rocket' scare. The project's catalog now totals 375 records across its five releases, paired with a live 3D satellite tracker.
skylens.yantraai.app
· 2026-08-23
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