Satellite Images

From Bahamas, Brazil to America, Australia: NASA's 10 most captivating satellite images from 2020

NASA's mix of Earth-observing satellites and instruments on the ISS have captured some views of the Earth during the year 2020.

Satellite imagery shows illegal gold mining in Brazil has increased, threatens the Yanomami tribe in the heart of the Amazons

The lust for gold has attracted wildcat prospectors, who have destroyed forests, poisoned rivers and brought fatal diseases to the tribe.

Ridiculous: Beijing dismisses Harvard study that suggests COVID-19 was already spreading in China, in August

The research uses satellite images of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search engines for things like “cough” and “diarrhoea”.

A decade from space: 13 images that show natural, technological and political changes on Earth

Maxar Tech, satellite imagery company, released images of some of the biggest events of the decade.

Between Doka La standoff and Balakot strikes, here's how India lost the plot in its communication strategy

India’s ability to set the narrative and achieve consistency in messaging post Balakot seems to have nosedived compared to its performance during the Doka La stand-off with China.

Balakot strikes: Releasing 'proof' could compromise national security, Centre should resist Opposition pressure

The Opposition is clamouring for “proof” of the Balakot precision air strikes. This pressure on the government is likely to increase as the poll dates draw near and campaign begins in earnest

IAF's radar, satellite images of Balakot strikes show 'significant damage' to JeM camp, say defence sources

IAF has given the government radar and satellite images showing bombing of the "intended targets" at the JeM terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot and "causing significant damage" to it, sources in the security establishment said on Wednesday.

Unpacking row over IAF strikes in Balakot, satellite data: Unless India releases proof, disbelief will gain momentum

Unless India releases the evidence it has on the casualties in 26 February IAF air strikes in Pakistan, the impression that the attacks were hyped for political gain will only gather momentum. That might seem as a minor sideshow, but it will have serious consequences for the credibility of the country, and its institutions.

Satellite images from Balakot make India's 'many casualties' claim look dubious, JeM site appears intact: Reuters

A senior researcher who also analyses satellite images, said weapons that India claimed to have used would have caused obvious damage to JeM structures. But no such visible damage can be observed in images.

Catastrophic devastation: Satellite images reveal true scale of Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Amnesty International has released shocking satellite imagery that they claim "show devastation of catastrophic proportions" in Baga and Doron Baga, two towns in northeastern Nigeria that were attacked by Boko Haram.