[ad_1] As we approach the launch of ESA’s EarthCARE mission, we caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission.With the climate crisis increasingly tightening its grip, ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission...

[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — The new Starliner spacecraft is "go" for its first-ever astronaut launch on Monday (May 6), Boeing and NASA officials announced today (May 3).Barring bad weather or any last-minute technical issues, Starliner was cleared to send two...

[ad_1] Back to Article List Earth is due to pass through a trail of debris left behind by Halley’s Comet in 985 B.C.E., which may cause a slight bump in the number of meteors ahead of the Eta Aquariids’ peak next week. Halley’s Comet was last seen in our skies in...

[ad_1] A beautiful nebula in the southern hemisphere with a binary star at it’s center seems to break our standard models of stellar evolution. But new data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) suggests that there may once have been three stars, and that one...

[ad_1] Last week, Ariane 6’s central core – the main body of the rocket – was stood tall at the launch zone and connected to its two solid-fuel boosters. This exciting moment means only one thing: it’s the start of the first launch campaign.The main stage and upper...

[ad_1] China is set to launch its next robotic moon mission on Friday (May 3), and you can watch the action live.A Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang'e 6 lunar far side sample return mission is scheduled to launch between 5:17 a.m. EDT (0917 GMT) and 6:18 a.m. EDT...

[ad_1] A dormant black hole, such as the one in this artist’s rendition, is not pulling material off its nearby companion star. It has no bright accretion disk, forcing astronomers to find other ways to detect these dark objects. Credit: International Gemini...

[ad_1] The Search for Life in our Solar System leads seekers to strange places. From our Earthbound viewpoint, an ice-covered moon orbiting a gas giant far from the Sun can seem like a strange place to search for life. But underneath all that ice sits a vast ocean....

[ad_1] Agency 01/05/2024 169 views 5 likes Exciting news for young space fans! PaniniPedia Space, the most complete and up-to-date sticker reference album about space, launches in France on 1 May 2024. Created by Panini in collaboration with ESA, PaniniPedia Space...

[ad_1] The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has performed a weather report for a distant planet.The powerful space telescope forecasts extreme wind speeds, blisteringly hot temperatures and blankets of rock clouds for the world, named Wasp-43b. As such, the...