Star spots and planetary transits on distant stars

Artist’s concept of the varying brightness of a star with a transiting planet and several star…

ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration

Space Safety 27/08/2025 104 views 2 likes The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has requested funding…

SpaceX's massive Starship launches successfully

On Tuesday evening, SpaceX racked up some much-needed successes on the 10th test flight of its…

JWST gets a closer look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Infrared images of 3I/ATLAS captured by the James Webb Space Telescope NASA/James Webb Space Telescope The…

Four laser links over 300 million kilometres: ESA concludes daring optical communication campaign

Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories…

Time moves fast when you are preparing for liftoff!

This video shows a timelapse of the launch preparations for Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather…

How dark matter in exoplanets could create new black holes

View larger. | Artist’s concept of a black hole near its companion star. A new study…

Gaia proves our skies are filled with chains of starry gatherings

Science & Exploration 26/08/2025 747 views 16 likes In the past decade, the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has…

Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

Enabling & Support 25/08/2025 4368 views 44 likes The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer…

Asteroid Bennu samples reveal dramatic solar system past

Technicians carrying samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023 when it was headed for a newly constructed…