English Monk Identified Halley’s Comet 600 Years Before Halley
Getting your audio player ready… The comet the world knows as Halley’s Comet may owe its “first to spot the…
University of Southern Queensland astronomer discovers ‘potentially habitable’ planet candidate
Australian astronomers have led an international study that has discovered a candidate for a “potentially habitable” Earth-sized planet…
Vega C to launch Brazilian satellite
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Brazilian government agency will launch an Earth observation satellite on a Vega C rocket,…
See the Milky Way Like Never Before with Gemini South Observatory’s Stunning Cosmic Shot
A recent photograph taken from the Gemini South Observatory in Chile provides a breathtaking view of the Milky…
The Rubin Observatory Will Rapidly Detect More Supernovae
In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that…
‘Time is of the essence’ to build a made-in-Europe space policy, French and German ministers say
“Time is of the essence” to quickly develop a European space policy that relies much more heavily on…
EU’s answer to Starlink should start up in 2029, commissioner says
BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (Reuters) – The European Union’s multi-orbit array of 290 satellites known as IRIS2 should be…
NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware
Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a…
NASA Launches Its Most Powerful, Efficient Supercomputer
NASA is announcing the availability of its newest supercomputer, Athena, an advanced system designed to support a new…
The HWO Must Be Picometer Perfect To Observe Earth 2.0
Lately we’ve been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA’s flagship telescope…
Astronaut sees sunset from space photo of the day for Jan. 27, 2026
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts can watch the sun “set,” not behind a horizon of mountains…
in a few days, the truth about 3I/ATLAS will be revealed
Earth is about to get a rare, almost straight-line view of a visitor from another star system. In…