[ad_1] The first stars were odd ducks. Nobody’s observed them yet (although astronomers are hopeful JWST might spot them someday) but their ghosts remain. Born more than 13.5 billion years ago, they were very different from most of those we know today. These were...

[ad_1] ESA's astronaut candidates of the class of 2022 at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.The five candidates are Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber. The group is part of the 17-member...

[ad_1] SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Thursday morning (May 4), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 56 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force...

[ad_1] In a scene eerily reminiscent of the Galileo spacecraft’s antenna issues, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is having a problem with an antenna. The 16-meter-long radar Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) unit is stuck on a tiny pin that’s keeping it...

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 02/05/2023 1003 views 21 likes ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois and Marco Sieber took up duty at the European Astronaut Centre one month ago to be trained to the highest...

[ad_1] Stunning videos and images shared across social media captured the exact moment that lightning struck the launch pad as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket sat awaiting liftoff on Thursday, April 27. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida experienced severe weather...

[ad_1] An instrument called ShadowCam is giving NASA’s planned Artemis missions to the Moon some advanced views of a landing site. It’s mounted to the Danuri Korea Pathfinder Lunar orbiter sent to the Moon last year. Lately, this amazing camera has been sending back...

[ad_1] The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently training five astronaut candidates for future missions to the International Space Station and beyond. Their training programme consists of three phases: The first phase is basic training, which covers medical exams,...

[ad_1] A Chinese satellite internet startup is planning to provide broadband connectivity to assist China's hypersonic vehicle program.Beijing-based Galaxy Space was founded in 2016 with the stated goal of constructing a private broadband satellite constellation. But...

[ad_1] When it comes to cosmic eye candy, planetary nebulae are at the top of the candy bowl. Like fingerprints—or maybe fireworks displays—each one is different. What factors are at work to make them so unique from one another? Any discussion of planetary nebulae...