Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust

Enabling & Support 15/05/2024 144 views 4 likes BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced…

Space Physics and Space Weather Scientist Dr. Yihua (Eva) Zheng

“I grew up in China. In China, everybody talks about what they want to be [when…

A Rotating Spacecraft Would Solve So Many Problems in Spaceflight

If you watch astronauts in space then you will know how they seem to float around…

SOHO’s view of the 11 May 2024 solar storm

Over the weekend of 10–12 May 2024, Earth was struck by the largest solar storm in…

Astronomers discover merging twin quasars

Top: three-color (HSC r, i, and z-band) composite image around C1 and C2, the two reddest…

X3.4+ solar flare erupts from Region 3664, solar radiation storm continues

A powerful solar flare registered as X3.4 erupted from Active Region 3664 — now located beyond…

Astronomers discover new Earth-sized world orbiting an ultra-cool star

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international team of astronomers has detected a new, Earth-sized planet just…

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades, but Earth should be out of the way this time

This image provided by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a solar flare, the bright flash at…

White Dwarfs are Often Polluted With Heavier Elements. Now We Know Why

When stars exhaust their hydrogen fuel at the end of their main sequence phase, they undergo…

NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over Palmdale, California, for Final Flight

NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over Palmdale, California, and surrounding areas during its…