On Nov. 11, 2025, Earth experienced a severe geomagnetic storm triggered by solar flares and coronal mass ejections from an active sunspot region. While this kind of storm brings beautiful auroras ...

Driving in circles? A good GPS can help get you where you're going quickly and safely so you arrive on time. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of information and ...

Russian satellites have been identified as the cause of mysterious, seconds-long bursts of GPS interference across Europe—a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space. But ...

GPS trackers have come a long way over the years. The best ones now give you real-time location, movement alerts, and trip history from your phone. And when something feels off, you can pull up an ...

Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military’s most ...

We just finished the year that marked the 30th anniversary of America’s Global Positioning System reaching full operational capacity. What began as a military tool to enable U.S. military forces to ...

The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map. In late September, a Spanish military plane carrying the country’s defense minister to a base in ...

GRIFFITH, Australia—At a tiny airport in the Australian countryside last month, a small plane took off carrying a device that could transform how U.S. drones, aircraft and ships navigate across future ...

If you’re shopping for an Apple Watch and you’ve already nailed down the size and style you want, the next decision hits fast. Do you go with the GPS model or spend more for the Cellular version? On ...

A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a ...

A new study from researchers in the U.S. and Germany examines how blindly following GPS directions can lead to dangerous (and sometimes fatal) navigation errors. Scientists from the USA and Bremen ...