WASHINGTON — NASA is still working on a strategy to procure a Mars communications spacecraft funded in the budget reconciliation bill even as the agency moves more towards a services
WASHINGTON — NASA is still working on a strategy to procure a Mars communications spacecraft funded in the budget reconciliation bill even as the agency moves more towards a services
PANGAEA lead instructor Matteo Massironi explains how to identify geological units from a distance to the astronaut crew. ESA/V. Crobu Editor’s note: when it comes to conducting field trips –
Few cosmic visitors have captured the fascination of astronomers quite like the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hurtling through our solar system from the depths of interstellar space, this icy wanderer is
The so-called Butterfly star gets its name from its edge-on appearance. The star’s protoplanetary disk blocks out starlight revealing a nebula, or butterfly wing, on each side. Deeper JWST observations
Agency 30/09/2025 453 views 17 likes Welcome to ESA Impact, your interactive gateway to the most captivating stories and stunning visuals from the European Space Agency. Commencing with ESA participation
The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 will transform the full moon into a coppery-red “blood moon” on the night of Sept. 7–8. This long-lasting, impressive eclipse is visible to
In the not-too-distant future, the search for signs of life on Mars and the moon could see the next generation of robots exploring a new frontier: subsurface lava tubes. These
A lunar rover makes its way across rough terrain in August, navigating past rocky outcrops and around, or sometimes over, small craters. The topography in this case, is not the
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects.
Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite. Around many of these newborn stars,






