Planetesimal orbits around a white dwarf. Initially, every planetesimal has a circular, prograde orbit. The kick…
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Making sure ESA’s cloud and aerosol satellite is aerosol-free
A few weeks ago, a team of engineers carefully extracted ESA’s EarthCARE satellite from its protective…
Ariane 6 launches: Exolaunch’s EXOpod Nova
Artist’s view of an Ariane 6 (A62) two booster launcher in its inaugural flight configuration, to…
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see it
This photo provided by NASA shows an Eta Aquarid meteor streaking over northern Georgia on April…
Astronomers inspect population of young stellar objects in open cluster NGC 346
A three-color image of NGC 346 combining observations from NIRCam and MIRI. Credit: Habel et al.,…
China is sending a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
This photo provided on Jan. 12, 2019, by the China National Space Administration via Xinhua News…
X-ray satellite XMM-Newton sees ‘space clover’ in a new light
This multiwavelength image of the Cloverleaf ORC (odd radio circle) combines visible light observations from the…
Webb telescope probably didn’t find life on an exoplanet—yet
Artist rendering of the view on a Hycean world. Credit: Shang-Min Tsai/UCR Recent reports of NASA’s…
The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) proposal
Artist’s depiction of The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW). Credit: Mary Knapp Humankind has never…
Japanese aerospace company captures an actual picture of space debris
A piece of space debris in Earth orbit, as seen by the ADRAS-J satellite. Credit: Astroscale…