China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions
HELSINKI — China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions to the solar system’s edge, suggesting the long-studied…
Earth Just Reached Its Nearest Point to the Sun, So Why Aren’t We Burning?
Each year, Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in early January, a moment called perihelion. In…
NASA’s Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet
NASA‘s Mars Sample Return program has been effectively cancelled, meaning the best evidence of life on Mars could…
Elon Musk Is Really Mad That Ryanair’s CEO Doesn’t Want Starlink on His Planes
You’re not going to believe this, but Elon Musk has called someone else an idiot on the internet.…
Sentinel-2A Satellite Captures Earth After Dark for the First Time
After more than ten years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-2A satellite has achieved something unexpected.…
Eutelsat signs launch agreement with MaiaSpace for future LEO satellite launches
Multi-launch agreement, augmenting Eutelsat’s existing options for access to space from 2027 onwards Further assuring operational continuity for…
Artemis 2 rocket rollout latest news: NASA ready to move giant moon rocket
Refresh 2026-01-16T18:07:06.566Z NASA Artemis 2 rollout briefing ends NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket rollout preview press conference has…
What the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station tells us about healthcare in space
For the first time in 25 years of continuous crewed operations, an astronaut has been medically evacuated from…
Earth from Space: The fate of a giant
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once…
Earth’s Flipping Magnetic Field Heard as a Sound Is an Unnerving Horror : ScienceAlert
Earth’s magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago. Now you can actually ‘hear’ this epic upheaval, thanks…
Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica’s subglacial surface like never before
One of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system is closer to home than you might expect:…
meteor showers, eclipses & planetary spectacles
Analysis: We’ll get a rare close-by view of a total solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse and two spectacular…