Satellites hundreds of miles overheard are helping scientists to predict drought, track floods and see how climate change is changing access to water resources.
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The flood zone around Townsville extends for hundreds of kilometres, making monitoring difficult even from the air. But scientists are testing a new satellite method that can peer through the clouds.
New satellite-based research shows there is at least as much value in knowing how much water is left for plants to use as there is in knowing how much rain may be on the way.
If the Australian space industry is to grow and create thousands of jobs then we need new policy around satellites to meet the challenges involved.
The Open Air project features satellite data interpreted and coloured to produce beautiful, surreal images of Australian landforms.
When a dam comes down this fall, a team of scientists will be there to track the environmental changes.
Could Canadian technology play a part in the newly announced U.S. Space Force? A team at McMaster University has developed an instrument that could keep Space Force troops safe from radiation.
High altitude images of Earth's surface can illustrate events occurring on a grand scale to the public.
Let's launch Australian satellites on Australian rockets from Australian sites, and operate them from Australian facilities.
We've launched rockets from Woomera in South Australia, but in reality Australia could support multiple launch sites. And the closer to the equator, typically the better.
Illegal dumping is costing governments millions – but satellite technology could help put a stop to it.
Last summer one of Antarctica's floating ice shelves calved an iceberg the size of Delaware – but scientists say other less dramatic changes reveal more about how and why Antarctica is changing.
Geospatial data offers a powerful new way to see the world. But these high-tech images can be misleading or incomplete.
British space firms would get a shot in the arm from building a new GPS-style system if the UK is shut out of the EU's programme.
New jobs and investment for Australia's growing space industry are promised with the backing of the new space agency. It's hoped that all states and territories will benefit from a national approach.
Tech companies such as SpaceX, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are competing to bring internet to areas without access in the developing world. And that's a problem.
A couple thousand satellites are orbiting Earth right now. Under the right conditions, your naked eye can spot these human-made objects in the night sky.
There are more satellites than ever before, orbiting Earth and collecting data that's crucial for scientists. Why do some nations choose not to share that data openly?
The wired Earth of the 21st century is at the mercy of the volatile nature of the sun.
China's Tiangong-1 space station is hurtling around Earth out of control and about to come crashing down. It's just one of thousands of pieces of space junk left orbiting our planet.
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide
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Senior Research Fellow in Law, University of Oxford
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Space Plasma Physicist, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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Director - Networked Society Institute and Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, School of Computer and Security Science, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, UNSW
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Associate professor, RMIT University
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Dean, School of Law and Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor, Surveying & Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania
