On this day in space! July 29, 1982: Soviet Salyut 6 space station falls to Earth
On July 29, 1982, the Salyut 6 space station fell out of space and safely burned up in…
X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree ‘breath’ of an ancient black hole
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have spotted the blisteringly hot exhaust fumes of one the earliest…
August 2026 Solar Eclipse UK: Date, Time and Ultimate Viewing Guide
A total solar eclipse is a stunning and extremely rare spectacle. When the Moon passes between the Earth…
Dust cloud turned asteroid strike into global extinction, researchers say – CTV News
Dust cloud turned asteroid strike into global extinction, researchers say CTV NewsDinosaurs were roasted to death by asteroid dust…
Confessions of an eclipse photographer: shooting my first ring of fire eclipse and discovering that photographing from a Caribbean cruise ship is much harder than it looks!
I have photographed solar eclipses seven times over the last 47 years, and in the first part of…
Liftoff as Ariane 6 takes flight for the first time
Ariane 6 launches to the sky on 9 July 2024 on its inaugural flight VA262. Europe’s newest heavy-lift…
Amazon is trying to launch a satellite cell network in 2028
Amazon announced that it filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a new…
NISAR satellite captured this image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja
Earth is always changing. Glaciers move, forests grow and shrink, wetlands shift, and the ground itself can rise…
Astronomers Directly Image Betelgeuse’s Long-Suspected Stellar Companion
After a century of speculation, astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured the clearest evidence yet…
Private mission to rescue NASA's aging telescope runs into its own trouble – CTV News
Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble CTV NewsReaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue…
Cassini was deliberately flown into Saturn in September 2017 while still working perfectly, because the alternative was letting a dying spacecraft carrying Earth bacteria eventually drift into Enceladus, a moon with a liquid ocean and hydrothermal vents on its floor.
On 15 September 2017, Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere while eight of its instruments were still returning data. The…
‘Thought it was a plane on fire’: large meteor sightings stir delight in New Zealand | New Zealand
Two large suspected meteors have flashed and boomed across New Zealand’s skies in recent days, delighting those who…