Expect the Unexpected: Solar Orbiter to Pass Through the Tails of Comet ATLAS
ESA’s Solar Orbiter will cross through the tails of Comet ATLAS during the next few days. Although the recently launched spacecraft was not due to…
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Brian May (Lead Guitarist of Rock Band Queen) Works to Probe Origin of Asteroids
Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has teamed up with asteroid researchers to investigate striking similarities and a puzzling difference between separate bodies explored by…
Stellar Snowflakes: Stars in Globular Cluster 13,000 Light-Years Away Sparkle Peacefully
Almost like snowflakes, the stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about 13,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s galactic…
Key to Planet Formation Discovered With 3-Year Hubble Study of a Crowded, Massive Young Star Cluster
Hubble Finds that “Distance” From the Brightest Stars is Key to Preserving Primordial Discs The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was used to conduct a three-year…
Dwarf Steals the Show on Cosmic Stage
As beautiful as the surrounding space may be, the sparkling galaxy in the foreground of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope undeniably steals…
Data-Relay Satellite Ready for Service – Most Sophisticated Laser Communication Network Ever Designed
The second node in the most sophisticated laser communication network ever designed is ready to go into service. Dubbed the “SpaceDataHighway,” the European Data Relay…
Earth From Space: An Incredible View of Abu Dhabi
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of Abu Dhabi – one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Covering…
New Space Telescope, CHEOPS, Will Improve the Hunt for Exoplanets
While the planet has been on lockdown the last two months, a new space telescope called CHEOPS opened its eyes, took its first pictures of…
Get Your Ticket to the Moon: Europe’s First Ever Lunar Lander
Development of Europe’s first ever lunar lander was agreed upon by ESA Member States in 2019 and now ESA is seeking your ideas for science…
Greenland – Exploring the World’s Largest Island From Space
Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Lying in the North Atlantic Ocean, Greenland is the world’s largest…
One Large Stellar Latte to Go – Hubble Captures Galaxy First Spotted by William Herschel in 1790
Far away in the Ursa Major constellation is a swirling galaxy that would not look out of place on a coffee made by a starry-eyed…
Third European Service Module for Artemis Mission to Land Astronauts on the Moon
It’s official: when astronauts land on the Moon in 2024 they will get there with help from the European Service Module. The European Space Agency…
Gaia Satellite Scans the Sky to Measure Positions and Motions of 1.7 Billion Stars [Video]
Launched in 2013, the Gaia satellite has been scanning the sky to measure the positions, distances and motions of more than one billion stars in…
Galactic Crash With Sagittarius May Have Triggered the Formation of Our Solar System
The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our…
Vast Mineral Deposits in the Atacama Desert Seen From Space
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of Chile’s Atacama Desert, which is bound on the west by the Pacific and on the east…
A Sparkling Stretched Spiral and Stunning Out-of-This-World Galaxies Imaged by Hubble
This sparkling spiral galaxy looks almost stretched across the sky in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Known as NGC 4100, the…
Swarm Probes Strange Weakening of Earth’s Magnetic Field That Has Geophysicists Puzzled
In an area stretching from Africa to South America, Earth’s magnetic field is gradually weakening. This strange behaviour has geophysicists puzzled and is causing technical…
One Atom Thick Graphene Light Sail Could Speed Journey to Other Star Systems
A tiny sail made of the thinnest material known – one carbon-atom-thick graphene – has passed initial tests designed to show that it could be…