Kongsberg, Helsing team up for European satellite-intel constellation
PARIS — Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Helsing are teaming up to provide Europe with a sovereign satellite constellation…
Shine bright like a satellite
A sunlight lamp illuminates a satellite model covered in golden thermal insulation. A cup-shaped thruster extends from the model’s…
‘Super-Jupiter’ Exoplanets May Look Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen : ScienceAlert
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It’s also one of the largest planets in the…
An industrial project in Chile threatens Earth’s darkest sky. 28 leading astronomers signed an open letter urging to move it
German Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel has penned a letter urging the government of Chile to halt the…
Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows
The Voyager 2 mission may have caught Uranus at a special time during which the ice giant’s radiation…
China launches satellite ‘super factory’ in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink
China is about to switch on a satellite “super factory” able to produce 1,000 units annually – a…
New study argues biblical star of Bethlehem was actually a comet –
A NASA planetary scientist has offered a new scientific twist on one of the Bible’s most enduring mysteries:…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘preparing for flotation that could value it at over $1tn’ | SpaceX
Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX is preparing to list on the stock market next year in a…
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
WASHINGTON — NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than…
Bundle up, leave the city and put away the phones. Here’s how to watch the Geminids, one of the year’s best meteor showers
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids…
Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video
NASA just released striking new video and audio that reveal the sounds of dust storms on Mars crackling…
Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)
Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several…