Lithium Plume in Our Atmosphere Traced Back to Returning SpaceX Rocket : ScienceAlert
Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns…
ESA Awards Contracts for Lunar Remote Camp Studies
Credit: SAGA Space Architects The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a pair of contracts for studies focused…
A pulsar rotating 122 times per second could be present at the heart of the Milky Way
ⓘ NidhiYashwanth – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a pulsar. After conducting research, astronomers would have discovered a…
Soviet dogs spend three weeks in orbit
Soviet dogs spend three weeks in orbit In February 1966, a Voskhod spacecraft with the dogs Ugolyok and…
How China is building the hi-tech backbone of Africa’s space ambitions
From a satellite ground station in Namibia to an Egyptian laboratory in orbit, China has been building the…
NASA uses Mars Helicopter’s SoC for rover navigation upgrade • The Register
NASA has revealed it repurposed the processor the Perseverance rover used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter,…
Evidence of meteorite impact 6 million years ago identified in Brazil
For the first time in Brazil, scientists have identified a field of tektites, natural glass formed when terrestrial…
This stunning space time lapse ‘shows a little of everything’
Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, the views from the International Space Station (ISS) are second to none, and…
Starlink, China and the governance of low Earth orbit
China’s massive satellite filings highlight how low Earth orbit has already been transformed by industrial-scale deployment – and…
Satellite imaging is now vital for disaster management. But there are dangerous gaps in our systems
The extreme weather events and resulting destruction that have hit New Zealand this summer are not only signs…
Webb Just Spent 17 Hours Staring at Uranus—and Found Its Auroras Are Even Weirder Than We Thought
On January 19, the Webb space telescope stared deep into the chaotic world of Uranus for 17 hours,…
ESA’s Ramses Mission is on Track to Study Apophis Before Its 2029 Flyby
On February 10, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a significant contract to OHB Italia for the…