Highlights from ESA’s first open day in the UK

On Saturday 29 June, thousands of visitors made their way to ESA’s European Centre for Space…

Ammonites Were Doing Fine Until the Asteroid Hit

I must confess, I think asteroids and I think of movies like Deep Impact or Armageddon!…

Get ready to watch a rare explosive star system blaze into life

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center This week we are focusing on what is currently a dark patch…

A Handy Attachment Could Make Lunar Construction a Breeze

Moving large amounts of regolith is a requirement for any long-term mission to the Moon or…

Ariane 6 rocket launch: What is it and when is it happening?

Artist’s depiction of the Ariane 6 rocket ESA-D. Ducros What is Ariane 6? Ariane 6 is…

Volunteers who lived in a NASA-created Mars replica for over a year have emerged : NPR

In this image made from video provided by NASA, CHAPEA commander Kelly Haston speaks in front…

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

by Brian P. D. Hannon In this image made from video provided by NASA, Kelly Haston,…

Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to Elon Musk’s Ambitions

As Elon Musk’s Starship — the largest rocket ever manufactured — successfully blasted toward the sky…

Exoplanets are worlds orbiting other stars

Exoplanets are worlds orbiting distant stars. Astronomer Néstor Espinoza of Space Telescope Science Institute spoke with…

Webb Looks at One of the Best Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Ever Discovered

It looks like a distant ring with three sparkly jewels, but the Webb telescope’s (JWST) most…