GPS jamming refers to the use of a device that emits signals to interfere with or block communication systems, including GPS, ...

[Andrew Holme] wrote in to tell us about some work he’s done to improve his scratch-built GPS receiver. He figured out a way to use the same hardware but double the number of satellites it can ...

Before revealing Boutin and Kemper's big finding, just how does GPS work? Global positioning is all about determining the ...

Are the Northern Lights dangerous? Solar storms in May and October saw intense displays of aurora borealis across the U.S.

Cars and airplanes making themselves go both have different systems to make it work. Here are the differences (beyond the ...

One typical response was: "I know where I am, why do I need a damn satellite to tell me where I am?" Layton Thompson GPS pioneers Richard Schwartz, Brad Parkinson, James Spilker Jr and Hugo ...

Whose satellite constellation are they using, and how does it work? As has been widely reported, their communication partner for the service is Globalstar, a provider of satellite data services ...

But unlike GPS, the task requires tens of thousands of satellites for service to work without drops in coverage ... in creating Starlink trains has to do with physics. A satellite rides along ...

A research team developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies ...

Today's ecologists have more data than ever before to help monitor and understand the world's biodiversity. Yet researchers ...