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An exoplanet first: an outer system rocky world. ESA’s Cheops spacecraft has observed an exoplanet system…

Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38

NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38…

Week in images: 16-20 February 2026

Week in images: 16-20 February 2026 Discover our week through the lens Source link

We’ve spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe

This image combines views from the Hubble and Keck II telescopes. A galaxy in the foreground,…

Smile leaving Saint-Nazaire in France

On 11 February 2026, the Smile spacecraft was loaded into a ship in the Port of…

Annular solar eclipse seen from space

The Moon passed directly between the Sun and Earth on 17 February 2026, creating an annular…

Annular solar eclipse seen from space

The Moon passed directly between the Sun and Earth on 17 February 2026, creating an annular…

Annular solar eclipse seen from space

The Moon passed directly between the Sun and Earth on 17 February 2026, creating an annular…

Smile orbit transfer and magnetometer boom deployment (artist impression)

The joint European-Chinese Smile mission will launch this spring from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on…

Too many satellites? Is Earth’s orbit headed for catastrophe?

Here’s an astronomer’s view of a star obscured by streaks from Starlink satellites. Are there too…