Orders rebound amid signs of a GEO renaissance
TAMPA, Fla. — There are early signs of a resurgence in communications satellites destined for commercial customers in…
On the dwarf planet Ceres, a lone mountain called Ahuna Mons rises four kilometres from an otherwise flat, cratered plain, built not from lava but from erupting salty brine that froze solid.
Ceres is a world of subdued relief. Its charcoal-grey surface is crowded with impact scars, but between the…
BepiColombo Makes Up-Close Measurement of Mercury’s Solar Bombardment
During the eight years since it was launched, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made six close flybys of…
In January 2026, European astronomers reported running a pattern-spotting program across nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble archive, finishing the job in two and a half days. More than 800 of the objects it flagged had never been documented in scientific literature.
As reported by ESA Hubble, more than 800 objects that had never appeared in the scientific literature, pulled…
ESA and The Pokémon Company International reveal Europe-wide exhibition and astronaut Pikachu experience
Agency 19/09/2026 450 views 4 likes The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have…
NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic…
NASA scientist discovers moon’s largest newly formed crater after asteroid impact
Bethany Ehlmann, president of The Planetary Society, joins FOX Weather to discuss how a NASA spacecraft spotted a…
During a close pass over comet 67P, Rosetta’s star trackers registered hundreds of sunlit dust grains as “false stars,” disorienting a spacecraft more than 400 million kilometres from Earth and forcing it into safe mode.
On 28 March 2015, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft passed about 14 kilometres above the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. That…
Astronauts go to ‘summer camp’ to train for space photo of the day for Sept. 18, 2026
Some members from NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidate class pose during outdoor geology training in May 2026. (Image credit:…
Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
Quiz of the week: how long could a lunar city survive? – Physics World
Quiz of the week: how long could a lunar city survive? – Physics World Skip to main content…
NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station
To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through…