On 20 March, specialists filled the European-Chinese Smile mission with fuel ahead of its launch on a Vega-C rocket on 9 April. Smile has four fuel tanks, making the bulbous
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Finding another Earth is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time and the biggest obstacle isn’t the distance, it’s the glare. An Earth like planet orbiting a Sun
A Galactic Wind Caught in the Act
Twelve million light years away, a galaxy is throwing a tantrum on a cosmic scale. M82, the Cigar Galaxy is forming stars at ten times the rate of our own
Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks
Asteroids don’t get the love they deserve. They don’t get “cool points” because they’re not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon. They’re “just a bunch of rocks”. But asteroids
Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission
WASHINGTON — Starfish Space has changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after its original partner backed out. In a March 26 statement, Starfish said it changed the destination for
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A cutting-edge artificial intelligence system from the University of Warwick has made significant strides in the quest to discover exoplanets, revealing more than 100 newly validated planets and identifying a
Science & Exploration 24/03/2026 313 views 6 likes An invisible companion consuming material from the naked-eye star gamma-Cas has been revealed as the culprit for curious X-rays coming from the
On March 20, preparations for the European-Chinese Smile mission progressed as experts successfully completed the fuelling of the spacecraft, which is set to launch aboard a Vega-C rocket on April
When we think of asteroids, we almost immediately think of giant rocks bouncing around like the iconic chase scene in Empire Strikes Back, and we often hear how they are
What happens in a protoplanetary disk to create planetesimals around a star? We know the general story — the material begins to clump together and eventually grows from dust grains
For the last few decades, researchers have been studying what the universe looked like in its first seconds. It is generally accepted that the universe expanded exponentially in the first
NSF NOIRLab has completed end-to-end runs of its ecosystem for following up on alerts from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The runs demonstrated how multiple NOIRLab-developed software tools, plus a
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is deploying dedicated cybersecurity teams at its primary launch sites, reflecting rising concern that adversaries could disrupt rocket launches through digital means rather than
Scientists find 2 ‘failed stars’ that may have a second chance to shine bright — by getting together
Brown dwarfs may have gained the unfortunate nickname “failed stars,” but new research suggests they can collide and merge for a second chance at success. Brown dwarfs are cosmic objects
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