Everything dies in the end, even the brightest of stars. In fact, the brightest stars are the ones that live the shortest lives. They consume all the hydrogen they have […]
On Friday 30 September, ESRIN, our establishment in Italy, welcomed members of the public on site as part of European Researchers’ Night.Joining research centres throughout Europe, European Researchers’ Night, promoted […]
Observations of the DART asteroid impact by the Les Makes Observatory in Le Reunion show in a few seconds what took place in under half an hour. Credit: Les Makes […]
A new aerospace company reached orbit with its second rocket launch and deployed multiple small satellites on Saturday. Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, […]
KIHEI, Hawaii — NASA will wait until at least the middle of November before attempting another launch of the Space Launch System on the Artemis 1 mission, citing the impacts […]
From left to right: Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA commander Nicole Mann, and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 1 to […]
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.” Or so Stephen King said in his famous Dark Tower series. As of yet, none of those worlds are known to be […]
What do you call three or more space fanatics? Interns. Imagine landing your dream internship at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), and then being unable to go into work. A […]
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in the United States. Diagnoses increased 65% in urban areas. Over the last 15 years, Lyme disease has seen a noticeable increase […]
Credit: NASA / JSC In 2020, China’s Chang’e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of moon rock and soil and brought it back to Earth. The samples contain countless […]
Congress mandated the transfer in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency, formed inside the Pentagon in 2019 to help accelerate the use of commercial […]
The International Space Station spotted a Mediterranean island, Neptune and its rings stunned astronomers and an asteroid-colliding spacecraft peered at Jupiter’s closest moon. These are some of this week’s top […]
The Hubble Space Telescope in the payload bay of space shuttle Atlantis during the last servicing mission in May 2009. Credit: NASA NASA and SpaceX will study the potential use […]
Humanity moved an asteroid on purpose for the first time in history. Juno flies past Jupiter’s moon Europa. A possible mission to boost Hubble, and a mysterious blob is orbiting […]
Agency 30/09/2022 365 views 24 likes ESA welcomed a record 1700 visitors from 800 companies and institutions to its Industry Space Days event on 28–29 September at ESTEC, its technical […]
The atoms are polarized by the beam of light and start to attract each other. Credit: Harald Ritsch / TU Wien Atoms may be made to attract one another using […]
FeO-nanoparticle-embedded amorphous rim outside of olivine grain returned by Chang’e-5 mission. Credit: Science China Press A study conducted by a joint team from Chinese Academy of Sciences used aberration-corrected transmission […]
WASHINGTON — A deep-space telescope developed in the United States and relocated to Australia has been declared operational this month. “With testing complete, the Space Surveillance Telescope will allow greater […]
The Celestron Astro Fi 102 (opens in new tab) is an easy-to-set-up motorized go-to telescope that would be ideal for budding astronomers on a modest budget, who are looking for […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of Firefly’s Alpha rocket on the “To the Black” test flight with seven small nanosatellites and picosatellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there […]
Over the course of a brief two-hour opportunity, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a rare close look at Europa, an ice-covered moon of Jupiter that’s thought to harbor a hidden ocean […]
Agency 29/09/2022 764 views 34 likes Swiss watch brand Omega has teamed up with ESA to launch the Marstimer: the first watch to display the time on Earth and Mars. […]
The green region represents the habitable zone where liquid water can exist on the planetary surface. The planetary orbit is shown as a blue line. Ross 508 b skims the […]
Perseverance takes a selfie on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS CU Boulder geologist Lisa Mayhew is among the scientists working to recreate the history of an ancient landscape that wouldn’t look out of […]
KIHEI, Hawaii — NASA and Astra Space have revised a launch contract originally awarded for the launch of a cubesat constellation after Astra retired the launch vehicle that would have […]
Of course, not every payload uses the full capacity of the rocket. And rockets are priced (for customers) per launch, not per kg — you don’t get a discount for […]
Three Russian cosmonauts will return to Earth Thursday (Sept. 29), and you can watch the whole thing live. Expedition 67 cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov will fly […]
September 28, 2022 Stephen Clark Watch live views from our cameras at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as Hurricane Ian brings heavy rain and gusty winds to the Space […]
Jupiter is a big planet, but it’s still a planet. That means it doesn’t heat itself through fancy mechanisms like nuclear fusion. Its interior is heated through its own weight, […]
Agency 28/09/2022 722 views 27 likes ESA Space Shop is bringing space closer to the people of Rome! The first physical ESA Space Shop concept store mixes space fashion with […]
By Kathryn Hansen, NASA Earth Observatory September 28, 2022 Hurricane Ian Enters the Gulf of Mexico, September 27, 2022. After making landfall in Cuba, the category 3 storm entered the […]
The NASA moon rocket, right, slated for the Artemis mission to the moon rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in […]
KAHULUI, Hawaii — With the Space Launch System now safely back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of Hurricane Ian, NASA is now studying what work to do on the […]
Going up against several other startups, but having an integrated factory+return capsule service has merits. From the video though, for a split second I thought, not ANOTHER air launch startup… […]
Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned toward the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 27) as satellites track the harrowing storm from space. As of Tuesday afternoon, Ian was […]
NASA’s crawler transporter moves into position near pad 39B on Saturday to prepare for the rollback of the Artemis 1 moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky […]
SpaceX’s Starlink service is now available in Antarctica, according to a tweet from the National Science Foundation on the morning of September 14, stating, “NSF-supported USAP scientists in #Antarctica are […]
Agency 27/09/2022 188 views 12 likes ESA continues to break down barriers and create more opportunities for small companies to get involved in space. Start-up companies and small enterprises offer […]
The final images leading up to the DART spacecraft’s intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its asteroid target Dimorphos […]
This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA’s DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact […]
TAMPA, Fla. — The UK Space Agency (UKSA) said Sept. 26 it has shortlisted groups led by startups Astroscale and ClearSpace for a mission to remove two spacecraft from low […]
China just launched two missions less than 40 hours apart, sending three satellites to Earth orbit. The action began on Saturday (Sept. 24) at 6:55 p.m. EDT (2255 GMT; 6:55 […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Sept. 25 with satellite sightings and radio signal detections. ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket climbs away from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the […]
One of the more famous features of Space Age 2.0 is the rise of the commercial space industry, also known as “NewSpace.” While the space agencies of the world plan […]
Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two small CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore […]
A mutation in the small protein SHMOOSE is linked with increased Alzheimer’s risk and highlights a possible target for treatment. A mutation in a newly discovered small protein is associated […]
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 probe collected rocks and dust from the asteroid Ryugu and returned that sample to Earth. Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some […]
WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft is on course to deliberately collide with a small asteroid Sept. 26 to test how that technique could be used to deflect a potentially hazardous […]
The new moon occurs Sept. 25, at 5:54 p.m. EDT (2154 GMT). The new moon happens a day before Jupiter reaches opposition, when the planet is visible all night. The […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-35 mission […]
This next week will mark a scientifically valuable achievement for NASA’s Juno mission, as the pioneering spacecraft is slated to fly within 358 kilometers (222 miles) of Jupiter’s icy moon […]
A vertical beam of sunlight appears to shoot up into the sky outside Concordia research station in Antarctica in this image taken by ESA-sponsored medical doctor Hannes Hagson. Known as […]
New research may explain why some people with COVID-19 only experience minor, flu-like symptoms and others have severe disease that can result in death. It may be the most baffling […]
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, […]
TAMPA, Fla. — U.K.-based Avanti Communications is seeking more partnerships to grow its footprint after securing its first major deal to use another regional satellite operator’s capacity. Avanti announced a […]
You can now grab a handy discount on the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130 reflector telescope, which is easy to use and also ideal for those without much stargazing experience. […]
September 23, 2022 Spaceflight Now Live coverage of pre-launch preparations for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us […]
In its first few months of operation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is already proving that it was well worth the wait! To date, it has provided astronomers with […]
Applications 23/09/2022 983 views 26 likes Lake Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake in Italy, is featured in this week’s Earth from Space image. Click on the image below to explore […]
The flawed method has been used in hundreds of thousands of studies. A new study reveals flaws in a common analytical method within population genetics. According to recent research from […]
A man sits at his workstation within the Mission Operations Center for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship, which is fast approaching its target. Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d […]
PARIS — A technology demonstration satellite for which SES will lead the development could be a prototype of a constellation by the satellite operator providing quantum-encrypted communications. The European Space […]
NASA is just days away from slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) from Earth. The agency’s long-awaited Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will […]
Vapors stream away from NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket during a cryogenic tanking test Wednesday. Credit: NASA Engineers filled up the Artemis 1 moon rocket with more than 750,000 […]
Axiom Space says it’s working with the Saudi Space Commission to send two spacefliers from the Arab kingdom, including the first Saudi woman to go into orbit, to the International […]
Applications 22/09/2022 736 views 25 likes Following preparatory activities and a stringent process ESA Member States today formally selected Harmony for implementation as the tenth Earth Explorer mission within the […]
Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius […]
The NASA moon rocket for the Artemis mission stands on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. A hydrogen leak was detected on the rocket during […]
PARIS — NASA said it completed all the objectives of a Space Launch System tanking test Sept. 21 despite the reoccurrence of liquid hydrogen leaks. The day-long test at Kennedy […]
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket passed a critical fueling test Wednesday (Sept. 21), potentially keeping it on track for a planned Sept. 27 liftoff. Artemis 1 will send an uncrewed […]
Live coverage of the test flight of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to […]
The problem with looking for life on other worlds is that we only know of one planet with life. Earth has a wondrous variety of living creatures, but they all […]
Science & Exploration 21/09/2022 376 views 25 likes During missions on the International Space Station, astronauts’ bodies go through a wide array of changes due to lack of gravity – […]
According to new research, people who experience frequent nightmares in middle age are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life. Most of us consider nightmares pretty harmless, […]
The same DART spacecraft impact can result in very different craters on Dimorphos depending on what the asteroid material is like. The crater on the left is the result if […]
Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy said DoD has to approve the strategy before a draft request for proposals can be released NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Space Force is working […]
The Mars InSight lander has detected seismic and acoustic waves created when four space rocks impacted the surface of the Red Planet. InSight‘s seismometer felt the vibrations from the impacts […]
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket stands on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after rollout from its hangar Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Ground teams at […]
On March 25, 2022, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft closed in on the Sun, getting ready to study it during a flyby. Its Metis coronagraph instrument, which blocks out the […]
Science & Exploration 19/09/2022 24814 views 105 likes The James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars on 5 September 2022. The telescope, an international collaboration […]
In this artist’s rendering of a metasurface, light passes through tiny, rectangular structures — the building blocks of the metasurface — and creates pairs of entangled photons at different wavelengths. […]
Credit: NASA The fixes have been addressed, so now it’s time to add some stress to ensure NASA’s Artemis I mission success. NASA says it has repaired fuel lines running […]
PARIS – Planet released additional information about the hyperspectral constellation the Earth-observation company is developing through the Carbon Mapper public-private partnership. San Francisco-based Planet remains on schedule to launch the first […]
This page was updated on Sept. 19, 2022. The moon phases and dates for September 2022. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Today, Sept. 19, 2022, the moon is 23 days old and […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-34 mission […]
Ever since robotic explorers began visiting the Red Planet during the 1960s and 70s, scientists have puzzled over Mars’ surface features. These included flow channels, valleys, lakebeds, and deltas that […]
On September 27 at 01:14 CEST, NASA’s DART (for ‘Double Asteroid Redirection Test’) mission is lined up to collide with a body called Dimorphos – a 160-m diameter ‘moonlet’ of […]
The researchers found that cytisine, a partial agonist-binding nicotine acetylcholine receptor, is a promising cessation intervention. A recent study demonstrates the safety and effectiveness of cytisine. According to a recent […]
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing shows Chinese astronaut Cai Xuzhe conducting extravehicular activities, also known as […]
PARIS — NASA has released a request for proposals for a second human lunar lander for the Artemis program to join the Starship lander under development by SpaceX. NASA released […]
Update, 6:55 p.m. EDT: SpaceX just announced (opens in new tab) another delay for their beleaguered Starlink mission that has now missed five launch opportunities in a row. The company […]
Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifts off from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand with the StriX 1 radar observation satellite. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s 30th mission delivered the StriX […]
The early universe was a much different place than our own, and astronomers do not fully understand how baby stars grew up in that environment. And while instruments like the […]
Applications 16/09/2022 6965 views 39 likes This summer, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the US and Asia with temperatures reaching over 40°C in places – breaking many long-standing records. Images […]
Artist’s illustration of a small Saturn-like planet discovered in the system LkCa 15. The planet resides within dense rings of dust and gas that surround a bright yellow star. Material […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA’s Perseverance rover is investigating signs of ancient life on Mars, and has now collected some of the most promising samples from the Red Planet yet. […]
A combined program office will be led by Space Force Col. Brian Denaro WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command, the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency have formed […]
NASA is asking private industry to come up with ideas for another astronaut moon lander. The space agency is working to establish a long-term human presence on and around the […]
Everything dies in the end, even the brightest of stars. In fact, the brightest stars are the ones that live the shortest lives. They consume all the hydrogen they have […]
On Friday 30 September, ESRIN, our establishment in Italy, welcomed members of the public on site as part of European Researchers’ Night.Joining research centres throughout Europe, European Researchers’ Night, promoted […]
Observations of the DART asteroid impact by the Les Makes Observatory in Le Reunion show in a few seconds what took place in under half an hour. Credit: Les Makes […]
KIHEI, Hawaii — NASA will wait until at least the middle of November before attempting another launch of the Space Launch System on the Artemis 1 mission, citing the impacts […]
The Nikon Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 lens is probably one of the best lenses you could have in your camera bag. To call it a kit lens is to do […]
From left to right: Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA commander Nicole Mann, and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 1 to […]
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.” Or so Stephen King said in his famous Dark Tower series. As of yet, none of those worlds are known to be […]
What do you call three or more space fanatics? Interns. Imagine landing your dream internship at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), and then being unable to go into work. A […]
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in the United States. Diagnoses increased 65% in urban areas. Over the last 15 years, Lyme disease has seen a noticeable increase […]
Credit: NASA / JSC In 2020, China’s Chang’e 5 mission sampled more than a kilogram of moon rock and soil and brought it back to Earth. The samples contain countless […]
Congress mandated the transfer in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency, formed inside the Pentagon in 2019 to help accelerate the use of commercial […]
The Hubble Space Telescope in the payload bay of space shuttle Atlantis during the last servicing mission in May 2009. Credit: NASA NASA and SpaceX will study the potential use […]
Humanity moved an asteroid on purpose for the first time in history. Juno flies past Jupiter’s moon Europa. A possible mission to boost Hubble, and a mysterious blob is orbiting […]
Agency 30/09/2022 365 views 24 likes ESA welcomed a record 1700 visitors from 800 companies and institutions to its Industry Space Days event on 28–29 September at ESTEC, its technical […]
The atoms are polarized by the beam of light and start to attract each other. Credit: Harald Ritsch / TU Wien Atoms may be made to attract one another using […]
FeO-nanoparticle-embedded amorphous rim outside of olivine grain returned by Chang’e-5 mission. Credit: Science China Press A study conducted by a joint team from Chinese Academy of Sciences used aberration-corrected transmission […]
WASHINGTON — A deep-space telescope developed in the United States and relocated to Australia has been declared operational this month. “With testing complete, the Space Surveillance Telescope will allow greater […]
The Celestron Astro Fi 102 (opens in new tab) is an easy-to-set-up motorized go-to telescope that would be ideal for budding astronomers on a modest budget, who are looking for […]
Over the course of a brief two-hour opportunity, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a rare close look at Europa, an ice-covered moon of Jupiter that’s thought to harbor a hidden ocean […]
Agency 29/09/2022 764 views 34 likes Swiss watch brand Omega has teamed up with ESA to launch the Marstimer: the first watch to display the time on Earth and Mars. […]
The green region represents the habitable zone where liquid water can exist on the planetary surface. The planetary orbit is shown as a blue line. Ross 508 b skims the […]
Perseverance takes a selfie on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS CU Boulder geologist Lisa Mayhew is among the scientists working to recreate the history of an ancient landscape that wouldn’t look out of […]
KIHEI, Hawaii — NASA and Astra Space have revised a launch contract originally awarded for the launch of a cubesat constellation after Astra retired the launch vehicle that would have […]
Of course, not every payload uses the full capacity of the rocket. And rockets are priced (for customers) per launch, not per kg — you don’t get a discount for […]
Three Russian cosmonauts will return to Earth Thursday (Sept. 29), and you can watch the whole thing live. Expedition 67 cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov will fly […]
Jupiter is a big planet, but it’s still a planet. That means it doesn’t heat itself through fancy mechanisms like nuclear fusion. Its interior is heated through its own weight, […]
Agency 28/09/2022 722 views 27 likes ESA Space Shop is bringing space closer to the people of Rome! The first physical ESA Space Shop concept store mixes space fashion with […]
By Kathryn Hansen, NASA Earth Observatory September 28, 2022 Hurricane Ian Enters the Gulf of Mexico, September 27, 2022. After making landfall in Cuba, the category 3 storm entered the […]
The NASA moon rocket, right, slated for the Artemis mission to the moon rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in […]
KAHULUI, Hawaii — With the Space Launch System now safely back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of Hurricane Ian, NASA is now studying what work to do on the […]
Hurricane Ian battered Cuba and turned toward the west coast of Florida on Tuesday (Sept. 27) as satellites track the harrowing storm from space. As of Tuesday afternoon, Ian was […]
NASA’s crawler transporter moves into position near pad 39B on Saturday to prepare for the rollback of the Artemis 1 moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky […]
SpaceX’s Starlink service is now available in Antarctica, according to a tweet from the National Science Foundation on the morning of September 14, stating, “NSF-supported USAP scientists in #Antarctica are […]
Agency 27/09/2022 188 views 12 likes ESA continues to break down barriers and create more opportunities for small companies to get involved in space. Start-up companies and small enterprises offer […]
The final images leading up to the DART spacecraft’s intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its asteroid target Dimorphos […]
This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA’s DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact […]
TAMPA, Fla. — The UK Space Agency (UKSA) said Sept. 26 it has shortlisted groups led by startups Astroscale and ClearSpace for a mission to remove two spacecraft from low […]
China just launched two missions less than 40 hours apart, sending three satellites to Earth orbit. The action began on Saturday (Sept. 24) at 6:55 p.m. EDT (2255 GMT; 6:55 […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Sept. 25 with satellite sightings and radio signal detections. ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket climbs away from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the […]
One of the more famous features of Space Age 2.0 is the rise of the commercial space industry, also known as “NewSpace.” While the space agencies of the world plan […]
Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two small CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore […]
A mutation in the small protein SHMOOSE is linked with increased Alzheimer’s risk and highlights a possible target for treatment. A mutation in a newly discovered small protein is associated […]
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 probe collected rocks and dust from the asteroid Ryugu and returned that sample to Earth. Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some […]
WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft is on course to deliberately collide with a small asteroid Sept. 26 to test how that technique could be used to deflect a potentially hazardous […]
The new moon occurs Sept. 25, at 5:54 p.m. EDT (2154 GMT). The new moon happens a day before Jupiter reaches opposition, when the planet is visible all night. The […]
This next week will mark a scientifically valuable achievement for NASA’s Juno mission, as the pioneering spacecraft is slated to fly within 358 kilometers (222 miles) of Jupiter’s icy moon […]
A vertical beam of sunlight appears to shoot up into the sky outside Concordia research station in Antarctica in this image taken by ESA-sponsored medical doctor Hannes Hagson. Known as […]
New research may explain why some people with COVID-19 only experience minor, flu-like symptoms and others have severe disease that can result in death. It may be the most baffling […]
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, […]
TAMPA, Fla. — U.K.-based Avanti Communications is seeking more partnerships to grow its footprint after securing its first major deal to use another regional satellite operator’s capacity. Avanti announced a […]
You can now grab a handy discount on the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130 reflector telescope, which is easy to use and also ideal for those without much stargazing experience. […]
In its first few months of operation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is already proving that it was well worth the wait! To date, it has provided astronomers with […]
Applications 23/09/2022 983 views 26 likes Lake Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake in Italy, is featured in this week’s Earth from Space image. Click on the image below to explore […]
The flawed method has been used in hundreds of thousands of studies. A new study reveals flaws in a common analytical method within population genetics. According to recent research from […]
A man sits at his workstation within the Mission Operations Center for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship, which is fast approaching its target. Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d […]
PARIS — A technology demonstration satellite for which SES will lead the development could be a prototype of a constellation by the satellite operator providing quantum-encrypted communications. The European Space […]
NASA is just days away from slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) from Earth. The agency’s long-awaited Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will […]
Vapors stream away from NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket during a cryogenic tanking test Wednesday. Credit: NASA Engineers filled up the Artemis 1 moon rocket with more than 750,000 […]
Axiom Space says it’s working with the Saudi Space Commission to send two spacefliers from the Arab kingdom, including the first Saudi woman to go into orbit, to the International […]
Applications 22/09/2022 736 views 25 likes Following preparatory activities and a stringent process ESA Member States today formally selected Harmony for implementation as the tenth Earth Explorer mission within the […]
Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius […]
The NASA moon rocket for the Artemis mission stands on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. A hydrogen leak was detected on the rocket during […]
PARIS — NASA said it completed all the objectives of a Space Launch System tanking test Sept. 21 despite the reoccurrence of liquid hydrogen leaks. The day-long test at Kennedy […]
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket passed a critical fueling test Wednesday (Sept. 21), potentially keeping it on track for a planned Sept. 27 liftoff. Artemis 1 will send an uncrewed […]
The problem with looking for life on other worlds is that we only know of one planet with life. Earth has a wondrous variety of living creatures, but they all […]
Science & Exploration 21/09/2022 376 views 25 likes During missions on the International Space Station, astronauts’ bodies go through a wide array of changes due to lack of gravity – […]
According to new research, people who experience frequent nightmares in middle age are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life. Most of us consider nightmares pretty harmless, […]
The same DART spacecraft impact can result in very different craters on Dimorphos depending on what the asteroid material is like. The crater on the left is the result if […]
Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy said DoD has to approve the strategy before a draft request for proposals can be released NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Space Force is working […]
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The Mars InSight lander has detected seismic and acoustic waves created when four space rocks impacted the surface of the Red Planet. InSight‘s seismometer felt the vibrations from the impacts […]
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket stands on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after rollout from its hangar Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Ground teams at […]
On March 25, 2022, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft closed in on the Sun, getting ready to study it during a flyby. Its Metis coronagraph instrument, which blocks out the […]
Science & Exploration 19/09/2022 24814 views 105 likes The James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars on 5 September 2022. The telescope, an international collaboration […]
In this artist’s rendering of a metasurface, light passes through tiny, rectangular structures — the building blocks of the metasurface — and creates pairs of entangled photons at different wavelengths. […]
Credit: NASA The fixes have been addressed, so now it’s time to add some stress to ensure NASA’s Artemis I mission success. NASA says it has repaired fuel lines running […]
PARIS – Planet released additional information about the hyperspectral constellation the Earth-observation company is developing through the Carbon Mapper public-private partnership. San Francisco-based Planet remains on schedule to launch the first […]
This page was updated on Sept. 19, 2022. The moon phases and dates for September 2022. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Today, Sept. 19, 2022, the moon is 23 days old and […]
Ever since robotic explorers began visiting the Red Planet during the 1960s and 70s, scientists have puzzled over Mars’ surface features. These included flow channels, valleys, lakebeds, and deltas that […]
On September 27 at 01:14 CEST, NASA’s DART (for ‘Double Asteroid Redirection Test’) mission is lined up to collide with a body called Dimorphos – a 160-m diameter ‘moonlet’ of […]
The researchers found that cytisine, a partial agonist-binding nicotine acetylcholine receptor, is a promising cessation intervention. A recent study demonstrates the safety and effectiveness of cytisine. According to a recent […]
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing shows Chinese astronaut Cai Xuzhe conducting extravehicular activities, also known as […]
PARIS — NASA has released a request for proposals for a second human lunar lander for the Artemis program to join the Starship lander under development by SpaceX. NASA released […]
Update, 6:55 p.m. EDT: SpaceX just announced (opens in new tab) another delay for their beleaguered Starlink mission that has now missed five launch opportunities in a row. The company […]
Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifts off from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand with the StriX 1 radar observation satellite. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab’s 30th mission delivered the StriX […]
The early universe was a much different place than our own, and astronomers do not fully understand how baby stars grew up in that environment. And while instruments like the […]
Applications 16/09/2022 6965 views 39 likes This summer, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the US and Asia with temperatures reaching over 40°C in places – breaking many long-standing records. Images […]
Artist’s illustration of a small Saturn-like planet discovered in the system LkCa 15. The planet resides within dense rings of dust and gas that surround a bright yellow star. Material […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA’s Perseverance rover is investigating signs of ancient life on Mars, and has now collected some of the most promising samples from the Red Planet yet. […]
A combined program office will be led by Space Force Col. Brian Denaro WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command, the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency have formed […]
NASA is asking private industry to come up with ideas for another astronaut moon lander. The space agency is working to establish a long-term human presence on and around the […]