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How to deflect an asteroid
On April 13, 2029, an icy chunk of space rock, wider than the Eiffel Tower is tall, will streak by Earth at 30 kilometers per second, grazing the planet’s sphere of geostationary...
ESA's next Sun mission will be shadow-casting pair
After Solar Orbiter, ESA’s next mission observing the Sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial...
Qarman CubeSat: falling into a fireball
UPDATE: Qarman deployment from the ISS scheduled for Wednesday 19 February at 11:20 UTC (12:20 CET)ESA’s latest mission will enter the vacuum of space not aboard a rocket but by being...
Here comes the Sun
Image: At this very moment, a spacecraft is headed toward the brightly burning Sun, photographed here on an Antarctic summer day by ESA sponsored medical doctor Stijn Thoolen at Concordia research station.Solar Orbiter...
Lagrange mission to provide solar warning
Video: 00:02:27 Earth’s magnetic field protects life on Earth from the intense radiation and titanic amounts of energetic material our Sun blasts in every direction. However, astronauts and satellites in space, future explorers...
Two halves of a whole
Mars is very much a world of two halves, as this new image from ESA’s Mars Express highlights, showing where these dramatically different regions come together as one.
Paxi on the ISS: Fun facts about the ISS
Video: 00:03:52 Our alien friend Paxi went to visit American astronaut Anne McClain on board the International Space Station. Anne shares some fun facts about the ISS with Paxi. Our alien friend...
Earth from space: Bolivian highland heart
Video: 00:00:00 For Valentine's Day, this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, capturing a beautiful heart-shaped geographical formation in the dramatic landscape of the...
Solar Orbiter braves challenging early days
At 16:00 CET on Thursday, 13 February, the critical first 83 hours of Solar Orbiter’s unique mission to study our star came to an end.
First Solar Orbiter instrument sends measurements
First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday 13 February providing a confirmation to the international science teams that the magnetometer on board is in good health following a...
Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
Video: 00:08:18 Europe's Spaceport lies northeast of South America in French Guiana, an overseas department of France. This location near the equator enables the Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launch vehicles operated at the...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Undergoes Memory Update
Other orbiters will continue relaying data from Mars surface missions for a two-week period.
Lakers' LeBron James calls out MLB commish Rob Manfred: 'Listen to your players'
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James slammed MLB commissioner Rob Manfred for the league's handling of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal.
Ariane 5 rocket launches satellites for Japan, South Korea into orbit
Arianespace's third flight of 2020 saw a rocket boost a Japanese telecommunications satellite and a Korean oceanography satellite into orbit from the Guiana Space Center.
Switchable compound shows promise for safer explosives
Transition-metal complex's sensitivity to impact changes in response to spin state
Findings From NASA's Juno Update Jupiter Water Mystery
The mission publishes its first stream of data on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere - the first findings on the gas giant's water since the agency's 1995 Galileo...
Radio telescope measures aurorae in distant planetary system
With the help of a powerful radio telescope in the Netherlands, scientists have developed a new way to study the environment around exoplanets
Queen Elizabeth nephew Earl of Snowden announces divorce
David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdon and Queen Elizabeth II's nephew, announced plans to divorce his wife of 26 years, Serena, on Tuesday.
Rocket Lab will launch a cubesat to the moon for NASA next year
Rocket Lab has won a NASA contract to launch a tiny cubesat that will serve as a pathfinder for the space agency's moon-orbiting space station, known as Gateway.
Zero Gravity partners with NASA to provide weightless flights for science
A company that has flown over 200 research missions in zero gravity has finalized a brand new partnership with NASA.
Watch: Jet-powered wingsuit takes off from the ground for high-altitude flight
The Dubai-based creators of a jet-powered wingsuit said they marked a new milestone for "Iron Man" style flight: taking off from the ground for a high-altitude flight.
Simple, fuel-efficient rocket engine could enable cheaper, lighter spacecraft
Researchers have developed a mathematical model that describes how rotating detonation engines work.
Watch: Norman Reedus takes 'ultimate trip' in 'Ride' Season 4
"The Walking Dead" star Norman Reedus explores the world by motorcycle in the AMC series "Ride," featuring Michael Rooker, Ryan Hurst and Milo Ventimiglia in Season 4.
ESO telescope sees surface of dim Betelgeuse
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The stunning new images of the star's...
An Ariane 5 rocket will launch 2 satellites for Japan, Korea today. Watch it live!
An Ariane 5 rocket will launch two new satellites for Japan and South Korea from French Guiana today (Feb. 18) at 5:18 p.m. EST (2218 GMT), and you can watch...
Air Force, Lockheed wrap flight testing for upgraded U-2 recon system
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin recently announced completion of flight testing and deployment of the latest variant of the Collins Aerospace Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the...
NASA finds wind shear doing in Tropical Storm Gabekile
Winds outside of Tropical Storm Gabekile are ripping the storm apart. NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the storm that showed strong northwesterly wind shear was adversely affecting...
Hubble turns lens towards gender bias, yielding lessons for Earthlings
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is helping find new ways to combat gender bias, according to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.