Space James Webb Captures a Spectacular Image of a Young Star's Phenomenal Outburst Located about 1,000 light-years away in the Perseus constellation, HH 211 is a stellar marvel, and its image was captured using infrared light, revealing a mesmerizing display of colorful streams.
Space European Space Ambitions: Ariane 6, Transparency, and Interstellar Diplomacy Europe's latest endeavors in space showcase a blend of technical brilliance, commitment to transparency, and a philosophical consideration of the cosmos's mysteries. These efforts remind us of the shared responsibility we have in navigating the final frontier.
Space BepiColombo Snaps New Images of Mercury During Its Third Flyby During its recent flyby, BepiColombo made measurements of the planet's environment and snapped images of its scorched surface. The European Space Agency (ESA) released the first batch of images just 24 hours after the closest approach.
Space ESA Held the First-Ever Livestream from Mars The livestream featured images captured by the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) onboard the Mars Express spacecraft. These images were transmitted to Earth and then streamed directly on YouTube.
Space Europe's Latest Weather Satellite Took an Incredibly Detailed Image of Earth Launched into space last December, the European Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1 is the first next-generation satellite set to revolutionize weather forecasting in Europe, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).
Space Hubble Space Telescope Captures Celestial Fireworks Left by a Star's Death The image shows intertwined strands of blue and orange that are the remnants of the supernova DEM L 190. The structure is located in the Milky Way's companion galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and hides a rapidly spinning neutron star.
Space Hubble Space Telescope Shared a New Festive Season Photo The image shows a small region of the Westerhout 5 nebula, which is 7,000 light years away from Earth. The luminous image hosts a variety of interesting features, including a free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globule (frEGG).
Space NASA Showed How It Will Bring Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth A set of samples from the rover will be reloaded aboard the Mars Ascent Vehicle. It will deliver the samples to a Martian orbit, where they will be picked up by the Earth Return Orbiter and delivered to Earth.
Space Hubble Captured a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud NGC 6530 is a cluster of several thousand stars embedded within the Lagoon Nebula – a gigantic interstellar cloud of gas and dust. It is the nebula that gives this image its distinctive smoky appearance.
Space ESA in Talks to Replace Russian Soyuz Rockets with Elon Musk's SpaceX By now, all talks remain at the stage of exploring the best option. The agency also needs to make sure the interface between the launcher and satellite is suitable.
Space BepiColombo Makes Its Second Mercury Flyby During this flyby, BepiColombo approached the planet from the night side. The next Mercury flyby of BepiColombo is scheduled to take place about one year from now.
Space Solar Orbiter Sends Back Amazing Images of the Sun Solar Orbiter is a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA that was sent into space in 2020. The mission's task is to study the Sun's activity, its coronal mass ejections, magnetic fields ,and solar wind acceleration mechanisms.
Space SpaceX Launched Crew-4 Astronauts to the ISS Crew-4 is SpaceX's fourth operational human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station for NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Program to support private space transportation companies.
Space ESA Tests the Largest Antenna in Hertz Radio Frequency Test Chamber The European Space Agency is testing the world's largest transponder antenna. Its diameter is 5 meters. The device is designed to calibrate BIOMASS, a forest mapping mission designed to map all of the Earth's forests.
Space BepiColombo Mission Captures First Images of Mercury On the night of October 2, BepiColombo approached the planet at a distance of 199 km and collected data using its sensors. Ten minutes after the fly-by, the spacecraft took a series of images.