Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off the pad for the first time at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Pete Carstens/MaxQ Productions for Spaceflight Now
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off the pad for the first time at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Pete Carstens/MaxQ Productions for Spaceflight Now
SAN FRANCISCO – European civil space leaders suggested expanding their flagship campaign to develop a secure communications constellation. Since the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) constellation
A map showing the stark difference between Mars’ southern highlands, in yellows and oranges, and northern lowlands, in blues and greens. New analysis of marsquakes could explain this difference. Captured
The Gaia space telescope has spotted a family of stars that is getting ready to disperse wildly across the galaxy like kids tearing out on the playground at the start
Liquid brine veins, where RNA molecules can replicate, surround solid ice crystals in water ice, as seen with an electron microscope. Credit Philipp Holliger, MRC LMB Chemists at UCL and
A small planet orbiting its host star – Grok via Astrobiology.com A key to understand exoplanets is characterisation of their host stars. One of the most powerful tools to characterise
In 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) reached significant milestones, with the Ariane 6 launch standing out as a pivotal achievement. This launch reinstated Europe’s autonomous access to space, a
Best animation of our Milky Way galaxy The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft launched in 2013 and spent more than a decade measuring and mapping our home galaxy, the Milky
Perseus Cluster: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivares et al.; Optical/IR: DSS; H-alpha: CFHT/SITELLE; Centaurus Cluster: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et al.; Optical/IR: NASA/ESA/STScI; H-alpha: ESO/VLT/MUSE; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Astronomers have taken a
TAMPA, Fla. — Spacecoin said it is successfully communicating with its recently launched debut connectivity satellite, designed to test technology for a decentralized space-based network shared by multiple investors. “We




