Martian Brain Freeze: Mars Express Reveals Utopia Planitia
New views from ESA’s Mars Express reveal fascinating ice-related features in Mars’ Utopia region – home to the largest known impact basin not only on…
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Gaia Spacecraft Reveals a New Member of the Milky Way Family
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, began forming around 12 billion years ago. Since then, it has been growing in both mass and size through a…
Satellites Around the Moon Are Another Step Closer
ESA is going to the Moon – in collaboration with its international partners – and seeks to build a lasting lunar link to enable sustainable…
Webb Space Telescope’s Infrared Universe: A New Window to the Cosmos
The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) will observe the Universe in the near-infrared and mid-infrared – at wavelengths longer than visible light. By viewing the…
Minerva: ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s Second Space Mission
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will return to the International Space Station in April 2022. Her second space mission is known as Minerva. Inspired by Roman…
Gaia Spacecraft Discovers Parts of the Milky Way Are Much Older Than Thought
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way known as the ‘thick disc’ began forming 13 billion…
Solar Orbiter: Tracking Sunspots Up Close
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft just made its historic first close pass of the Sun, which happened midday on March 26, 2022. In the days…
More Than Meets the Eye: Seyfert Galaxy Discovery
Tendrils of dark dust can be seen threading across the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 7172 in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Exploring the Moon: Scientists and Engineers Design Lunar Cave Explorer
Lunar caves are not only a geologically pristine record of the Moon’s history, but they could also provide a safe home for future human explorers….
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Gravitational Waves
What Are Gravitational Waves? Gravitational waves are distortions in spacetime that result from the movements of objects with mass. Gravitational waves are not simple conceptually,…
Exploring Earth From Space: Carrara, Italy [Video]
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Carrara – an Italian city known especially for its world-famous marble. Carrara lies along the Carrione River, in…
Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Captures the Full Sun in Unprecedented Detail
The newest photographs from the Solar Orbiter reveal unprecedented detail of the whole Sun. They were taken on March 7, 2022, when the spacecraft passed…
NASA, ESA Assign Astronauts to Space Station Mission on SpaceX Crew Dragon
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected two astronauts to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jasmin…
“Chance of Impact 100%” – Fifth Asteroid Ever Discovered Before Impact
A large asteroid has been observed in space before hitting Earth. It’s the fifth known impactor to be detected before it hits the ground and…
Got it! Gaia Observatory Snaps Photo of James Webb Space Telescope at L2
On February 18, 2022, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope was photographed by ESA’s Gaia observatory. Both spacecraft are located in orbits around the Lagrange…
Using Sunlight To Turn Astronaut Waste Into Fuel on Mars
To survive on Mars will mean maximizing use of all available resources. A team from Spanish technological center Tekniker is working on a system that uses sunlight to…
Astronauts Complete 6 Hour and 54 Minute Spacewalk To Install Space Station Upgrades
Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) concluded their spacewalk at 3:26 p.m. EDT on March…
Astronauts Raja Chari & Matthias Maurer Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station [Watch Live]
NASA astronaut Raja Chari and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer are conducting a spacewalk on Wednesday, March 23 to install new hoses on…
