ESA Space Environment Report 2025

Space Safety 01/04/2025 172 views 1 likes In brief Our planet is surrounded by spacecraft carrying…

Sampling the Plumes of Jupiter’s Volcano Moon, Io

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc March 31, 2025 What can a sample return mission from Jupiter’s volcanic…

Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?

Space Debris: Is it a Crisis? The European Space Agency’s short documentary film ‘Space Debris: Is…

Lunar Polar Regions Could Have Microbes

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon? This is what a…

Stargazing Calendar for April 2025

Sombrero Galaxy (M104 or NGC 4594). A mosaic of six images taken by the Hubble Space…

Photos: Partial Solar Eclipse Captivates Much of the Northern Hemisphere

As the sun rose in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, the moon cut across Earth’s orbit…

Four Private Astronauts are About to Make a Polar Orbit for the First Time

Human spaceflight has captivated humans and to a large extent driven technological achievement since 12 April…

NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS

After a stay aboard the International Space Station that unexpectedly stretched to nine and a half…

How Can We Find Cryovolcanoes on Europa?

Astronomers suspect that Europa has cryovolcanoes, regions where briny water could erupt through Europa’s ice shell,…

A Dramatic Einstein Ring Seen by Webb

One of the first verified predictions of general relativity is the gravitational deflection of starlight. The…