German satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X spent five years orbiting Earth in close formation to create 3D global map of unprecedented accuracy Geographers around the world have a powerful new tool at ...

The four Airbus-built CO3D (Constellation Optique 3D) satellites were developed in partnership with the French Space Agency (CNES) and will deliver a global high-resolution Digital Surface Model (DSM) ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.

It’s an oft-told story: The boom of space startups today can be traced to dramatically lowered cost in launch and satellite manufacturing over the past 10 years. But Array Labs, a two-year-old startup ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.