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How the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Rover Will Drill for Samples on Mars
Russia's attack on Ukraine has delayed its launch, but the ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover is heading toward completion. It was…
The Final Vega Rocket Blasts Off
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its final Vega rocket this week, lofting a Sentinel-2C Earth observation satellite into orbit.…
Ouch! A Monster Asteroid Crashed Into Ganymede 4 Billion Years Ago, Rolling it Over
Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, is a fascinating celestial body. Measuring 5,268 km (3,272 mi) in diameter, it is also the largest…
A Surprise Asteroid Lit Up the Sky Over the Philippines
With all of humanity's telescopic eyes on the sky, it's rare for an asteroid to take us by surprise. But…
A Review of Humanity’s Planned Expansion Between the Earth and the Moon
Between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the Moon, there is a region of space measuring 384,400 km (238,855 mi) wide…
Europe is Sending a Drill to the Moon to Search for Water
The Moon has been a source of interest of late largely due to the focus on getting humans back to…
ESA Cluster Satellite to Reenter in Early September
The first of a set of groundbreaking Cluster satellites is set for a controlled reentry next week.
Remember those Impossible Galaxies Found by JWST? It Turns Out They Were Possible After All
When the James Webb Space Telescope provided astronomers with a glimpse of the earliest galaxies in the Universe, there was…
Webb Discovers Six New “Rogue Worlds” that Provide Clues to Star Formation
Rogue Planets, or free-floating planetary-mass objects (FFPMOs), are planet-sized objects that either formed in interstellar space or were part of…
Massive Stars Shine in This Ultraviolet View From Hubble
Just outside the Milky Way Galaxy, roughly 210,000 light-years from Earth, there is the dwarf galaxy known as the Small…