Josef Aschbacher, the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), addressed the press to outline the agency’s ambitious objectives for 2026. At the forefront of these plans is the
Josef Aschbacher, the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), addressed the press to outline the agency’s ambitious objectives for 2026. At the forefront of these plans is the
An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system has just made its closest pass to the sun, brightening dramatically and rapidly as it did so. The reason for the
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is celebrating 10 years of cutting-edge gravitational wave science by confirming predictions made by physics luminaries Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr —
TAMPA, Fla. — Skynopy, a French ground station startup, said Sept. 24 it has won a European Space Agency contract to help commercialize adaptive modulation technology that it claims can
Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life’s building blocks have been found in the watery geysers of Enceladus, almost twenty
WASHINGTON — A wave of defense spending in Europe and renewed military investment in the United States — driven in part by President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense program
Terrestrial planets such as Earth need an early solar system rich in short-lived radioisotopes. But the supernovae that create these elements would tend to rip an early system apart. A
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season,
SYDNEY, Australia – Starlab Space unveiled a full-scale mockup of the commercial space station at the International Astronautical Congress here. “We’re showing how large the station is going to be
Astronomers find a nearly metal-free star in our own back yard, which tells us a few interesting things about early star formation.






