Some European Launcher Challenge funding remains in limbo
WASHINGTON — Nearly 140 million euros ($162 million) that European Space Agency member states allocated to a program…
OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation
HELSINKI — OHB Sweden has won a record contract for Sweden’s space sector to build 20 satellites to…
Solar-Eclipsing Probe Back From the Dead After a Month of Silence
A pair of spacecraft has been flying in formation, creating an artificial solar eclipse to help scientists probe…
Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago
Using a vast catalog of Sun-like stars built by ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have found strong evidence that…
High Resolution Stereo Camera Captures 3D Photos of Craters on Mars
Newly published high-resolution photos of Mars show some of the red planet’s many craters in exceptional, colorful detail.…
Ancient Arabia Terra reveals a crater-scarred past on Mars
Arabia Terra is a region that lies in the northern part of Mars’ southern highlands. Representing some of…
A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out
When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest…
ESA announces 100 million euro satellite-mobile convergence initiative
TAMPA, Fla. — The European Space Agency announced up to 100 million euros ($118 million) in funding March…
Juice Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The JANUS science camera aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has captured new images of the interstellar…
Webb’s Infrared Vision Reveals Planetary Nebula that Looks Strikingly Like Celestial Brain
The unmatched sensitivity of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in both near- and mid-infrared light sheds new…
Jupiter Mission Captures Rare Shot of Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas on Its Way Out
Interstellar visitor comet 3I/Atlas may have bid farewell to Earth, but spacecraft traveling through the solar system kept…
Webb Detects Hydrogen Sulfide Gas on Three Super-Jupiters
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time identified hydrogen sulfide gas in…