Vega for ESA: the story

Vega joined the family of launch vehicles at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2012. At…

Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals

Enabling & Support 03/09/2024 30 views 0 likes ESA mission controllers have completed the final phase…

ESA for Vega: the story

Vega joined the family of launch vehicles at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2012. At…

Gigantic asteroid impact shifted the axis of solar system’s biggest moon, study finds

Kobe University HIRATA Naoyuki was the first to realize that the location of an asteroid impact…

Researchers explore the nature of a newborn stellar cluster

(a) CO molecular gas distribution of G148.24+00.41. (b) Herschel 250 µm image of the inner cloud…

How scientists have reshaped the Big Bang theory : NPR

Scientists have long been interested in the early history of the universe. Famed physicist Stephen Hawking…

Double-peaked supernovae offer clues to pre-supernova outbursts

 The O mass measurements are depicted by horizontal dashed lines. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal (2024). DOI:…

Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory

Key moments during BepiColombo’s fourth Mercury flyby on 4 September 2024. The ESA/JAXA spacecraft will pass…

Scientist discusses the MESSENGER mission to Mercury

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Twenty years ago, the MESSENGER mission revolutionized our understanding of Mercury. We…

Engineers smash rocks to see what occurs when top layer of an asteroid-like object is hit with extreme external force

Credit: Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins engineers have uncovered new details about how granular materials such…