Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this radar image over French Guiana – home to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where ESA’s Biomass mission is being prepared for liftoff on 29 April onboard a
Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this radar image over French Guiana – home to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where ESA’s Biomass mission is being prepared for liftoff on 29 April onboard a
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Sketch of the magnetospheric interaction in the TRAPPIST-1–TRAPPIST-1e system. The stellar wind velocity and IMF streamlines are drawn in green and white, respectively. The M dwarf star is shown as
ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. C. Ho, D. Thilker Today’s rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, which sits 45 million light-years
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 6-73 mission. The flight marked the first time an orbital class rocket launchd for a 27th time in its flight
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan co-chairs of a congressional caucus have criticized proposed cuts in NASA’s science programs, marking the first Republican opposition in Congress to the plans. In an April
Status Report The Planetary Science Journal April 21, 2025 The DSMC simulation results of Europa’s gas plumes with four case studies. Top: number density distribution (shown in contours with a
Watch EarthSky’s founder Deborah Byrd interview Marc Hon of MIT, the lead author of the new study. Astronomers have discovered a planet that’s rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail. The