Astronomers have discovered that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have already found the long-sought first generation of stars born shortly after the Big Bang. These initial stars, referred
White dwarfs don’t get enough airtime. Sure, these ultradense, dim cores of dead stars are small and hard to see. But they’re incredibly exotic, and they’re what sunlike stars become.
BREMEN, Germany — European government officials stressed the need to build strong, autonomous space capabilities, even as the continent continues to rely on foreign companies for some launches. During sessions
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites in a nighttime liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on Tuesday (Nov. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink spacecraft launched
WASHINGTON — Rocket engine startup Ursa Major said Nov. 18 it raised $100 million in Series E funding and locked in another $50 million in debt commitments, giving the Colorado
After only one year of operations, the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission has begun to unravel the mystery of why galaxies take on different shapes and how these different shapes
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat is a step closer to the financing needed to refresh its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation, after the French operator’s board approved plans Nov.
NEW YORK — The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has opened a new exhibition that takes a multidisciplinary perspective on the asteroid strike that ended
The mission HydroGNSS is the first ESA Scout mission. The two-satellite mission uses a technique called Global Navigation Satellite System reflectometry to measure hydrological climate variables, including soil moisture, freeze–thaw state
The mission With global mean sea level rising because of climate change, Copernicus Sentinel-6 is the next radar altimetry reference mission to extend the legacy of sea-surface height measurements until