BREMEN, Germany — The European Space Agency and its supporters will find out in the next two days how successful they have been in convincing European governments to significantly increase
Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be examples of dark stars. The concept of dark stars has existed
South Korea’s Nuri rocket has flown for the fourth time ever. The homegrown Nuri lifted off from Naro Space Center today (Nov. 26) at 11:13 a.m. EST (1613 GMT; 0113
Two mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may hold clues about the origin of life on our planet, new research finds. Deep beneath Earth’s crust, in the mantle, lie two continent-sized
Animals like birds and sea turtles navigate using a “biological GPS” called magnetoreception. We now actually know that many animals use this method to connect with Earth’s magnetic field so
View larger. | Theia and Earth collided about 4.5 billion years ago, as depicted in this artist’s concept. The moon then formed out of the chaos. Image via Max Planck
https://earthsky.org/upl/2024/01/ezgif.com-gif-to-webm-converter.webm NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured this view of Earth as it soared some 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers) above our planet’s surface on September 23, 2025. For comparison, satellites in low
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