ESA Awards Contract for Reusable Rocket Stage Recovery Vessel
Credit: IDS The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the…
Who gets to go to space? – The Irish Times
What if one person’s journey could challenge how we define capability, not just in space but here on…
Crashes From Space Are Getting More Common, And No One’s Sure What To Do About It
Just in May of this year, the Soviets struck a ground target from orbit. Never mind that they…
The Netherlands Commits to “Maintain” ESA Contribution Levels Through 2028
Credit: ESA The Dutch government has decided to contribute €344.3 million to European Space Agency (ESA) over the…
Set to hunt for Earth-like planets
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially completed the construction of its latest deep-space observatory, Plato, marking a…
Scientists Find Over 80 New Lakes Hidden Under Antarctica’s Ice
The European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite monitors subtle changes in ice sheet thickness in Antarctica and Greenland. Credit: ESA/AOES…
Astronomers Have Detected a Vast Wave Disturbing the Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy
The source of our Milky Way galaxy’s strange wobble has finally been revealed after the European Space Agency’s…
Not Spiral. Not Elliptical. So What Exactly Is This Galaxy?
NGC 2775 blurs the line between spiral and elliptical galaxies, leaving astronomers debating its true identity. Hubble’s latest…
Antarctica’s Secret Lakes Could Reshape the Future of Sea Levels
This map of subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet shows 85 lakes newly identified in a study…
“It Is Still a Surprise”: Cosmic Winds are Defying Expectations in Neutron Star and Supermassive Black Hole Observations
The data from the NASA and ESA X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) has discovered unexpected disparities between…
A Galaxy Warped by Gravity Glows With Baby Stars
Hubble’s latest portrait of Messier 96 captures a galaxy twisted by cosmic interactions. The new details reveal brilliant…
What Does Space Actually Smell Like? Here’s What Scientists Say
Space is a near-perfect vacuum, which means there’s no air to carry smells the way we experience them…