Lasers at the Lunar Poles Could Help Astronauts Navigate
A team of scientists is exploring ways to use dark craters at the lunar poles as sites for…
Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space
Astronomers have spotted a “planet factory” in space that could explain the origins of bizarre meteorites scattered across…
How to watch Jupiter and Venus as they join in the sky this week
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
The Sun is not standing still. It is carrying the entire Solar System around the centre of the Milky Way, and one lap takes roughly 230 million years. The last time we were this far around the galaxy, Earth was in the Triassic Period and the very first dinosaurs were only just beginning to walk.
The Sun is not fixed in space. It carries the entire Solar System around the centre of the…
SITAEL Accelerates Growth in Space: New Missions, Industrial Capacity and a Trajectory Towards 2031
SITAEL announces a growth plan targeting €200 million in revenues by 2031, currently supported by over €150 million…
Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet Factory” Deep Out in Space
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Dstl achieves UK’s first optical downlink from space
The UK’s first successful download of data from space using a deployable laser communications ground station has been…
Astronomers gaze into the ‘Crystal Ball Nebula’ and see a vision of our dying sun — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: NGC 1514, the Crystal Ball Nebula Where it is: About 1,500 light-years from…
In the United Arab Emirates’ darkest spot, the Milky Way appears as revelation
AL QUAA DESERT, United Arab Emirates — The gleaming skyscrapers and brights lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the…
Beijing space computing institute established in E-Town, with first experimental satellite targeted for launch by 2028
A concept picture of space Photo: VCG A space computing research institute was recently set up in Beijing…
‘Rockets are hard’: Elon Musk responds to Jeff Bezos’ rocket explosion as his own SpaceX glides to a $1.8T IPO
When Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket erupted into a fireball on a Cape Canaveral launch pad late on…
Watch this bio-inspired Mars rover concept ‘swim’ through sand on curved wheels (video)
A novel approach to scouting the sand dunes of Mars is the Valles Marineris Explorer – or VaMEx.…