Some European Launcher Challenge funding remains in limbo
WASHINGTON — Nearly 140 million euros ($162 million) that European Space Agency member states allocated to a program…
OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation
HELSINKI — OHB Sweden has won a record contract for Sweden’s space sector to build 20 satellites to…
Solar-Eclipsing Probe Back From the Dead After a Month of Silence
A pair of spacecraft has been flying in formation, creating an artificial solar eclipse to help scientists probe…
Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago
Using a vast catalog of Sun-like stars built by ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have found strong evidence that…
High Resolution Stereo Camera Captures 3D Photos of Craters on Mars
Newly published high-resolution photos of Mars show some of the red planet’s many craters in exceptional, colorful detail.…
The first image of comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Juice probe has been revealed
During its journey to Jupiter, the Juice probe, launched in 2023, has taken images of the interstellar comet…
ESA announces 100 million euro satellite-mobile convergence initiative
TAMPA, Fla. — The European Space Agency announced up to 100 million euros ($118 million) in funding March…
Juice Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The JANUS science camera aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has captured new images of the interstellar…
For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has mapped auroras on Uranus in 3D
ⓘ 95C – Pixabay An image showing Uranus and its rings. The James Webb Space Telescope has mapped…
Isaacman planning to meet with head of Roscosmos
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he is interested in meeting with his Russian counterpart and attending…
New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Portugal’s hypersonic test ‘generates flow hotter than Sun’s surface’
Portugal has entered the small group of countries with experimental capability in hypersonic research after completing its first…