Saturn—the most familiar of the planets—is looking rather strange these days. This is because Saturn’s rings…
MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 standing proud
MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 standing proud in the cleanroom at the Airbus facilities in Toulouse, France. The first…
Weather, climate and air quality missions on display
Applications 08/04/2025 80 views 2 likes The first of the new generation of MetOp satellites, MetOp-SG…
Comet SWAN25F rapidly brightening as it nears the Sun
Comet SWAN25F was discovered on March 29, 2025, by amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo using data from…
How long is a day on Uranus? Slightly longer than we thought, it seems
Uranus as seen by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 NASA/JPL-Caltech A day on Uranus just…
Hubble’s New Image of a Star Factory in the Small Magellanic Cloud
NGC346 is a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Clouds with an estimated 2,500 stars.…
Moon tools to the test at LUNA
An operator equipped with a spacesuit, a tablet and a geological instrument for rock recognition performs…
NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, arrived at the…
ESA – Smile meets Maxwell
We are one step closer to revealing how Earth responds to dangers from the Sun. To…
New, powerful telescope facility in Chile to film 10-year long 'movie' of the sky
Later this year, astronomers will start filming an unprecedented 10-year movie of the southern sky, using…