Welcome to ESA Impact, your interactive gateway to the most captivating stories and stunning visuals from the European Space Agency. The final quarter of the year celebrated a momentous occasion
Welcome to ESA Impact, your interactive gateway to the most captivating stories and stunning visuals from the European Space Agency. The final quarter of the year celebrated a momentous occasion
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update 6:52 a.m. (1152 UTC): The Falcon 9 booster
Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with AIA comment. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — NASA released more information about its proposed fiscal year 2026 budget May 30, outlining new investments in exploration at the
This schematic depicts the set-up of the volatile exchange during initialization (t=0) and run time. For initialization, a surface temperature of 4000 K and a completely molten magma ocean is
HELSINKI — China carried out its ninth launch of the month early Thursday, sending the secretive Shijian-26 spacecraft into orbit. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off at 12:12 a.m.
NASA NASA astronaut Ed White, pilot of the Gemini IV mission, floats in space on June 3, 1965, while performing the first spacewalk by an American. As White floated outside
View larger. | Dark and lighter-colored streaks on a crater rim on Mars. They’ve tantalized researchers for decades with the idea they might be related to liquid water. Now a
Evolution of thermal properties of GJ 486b. The two plots at the top denote the stellar luminosity evolution (bolometric and XUV) and the mantle potential temperature evolution for GJ 486b.
The MacBook Pro is one of the best laptops for astronomers, delivering processing power, portability, and incredible display quality. For professional and amateur stargazers it’s an invaluable asset offering some
Things are getting hot for SpaceX’s next Starship launch. SpaceX fired up its next Starship spacecraft during an engine test over the weekend, ahead of the company’s 7th orbital test




