ESA and JAXA to seize ultra-rare chance to study a 1,230-foot asteroid in a close Earth flyby
An artists depiction of the Ramses mission (Image source: ESA-Science Office; edited) Asteroid Apophis is projected to fly…
Ancient Asteroid Impact Site On Mars Provides Evidence For Historic Glaciers And Surface Water On The Red Planet » TwistedSifter
ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Back in 2003, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission launched, with its ultimate aim the…
Tiny magnets could simplify oxygen production for spaceflight
Who knew a small magnet could hold the power to fix one of space exploration’s biggest headaches? For…
Formation-Flying ESA Spacecraft Cause The First Ever Artificial Solar Eclipse » TwistedSifter
ESA There’s no denying that there’s something truly mesmerising about a total solar eclipse. So much so that…
Over 1.2 million dangerous debris in orbit Earth: ESA set to automate crash avoidance with CREAM
The ISS in orbit (Image source: NASA; cropped) Space is becoming increasingly crowded with debris. In a bid…
Hubble Finds Remnant of White Dwarf Merger 130 Light-Years Away
White dwarfs are the dense cores left behind when stars exhaust their fuel and collapse. They are Earth-sized…
Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Caught Eating Star in NGC 6099
The newly-discovered intermediate-mass black hole, named NGC 6099 HLX-1, resides in a compact star cluster on the outskirts…