On Sunday (June 12), the car-sized Perseverance Mars rover snapped a photo that could be mistaken for a still from an "Indiana Jones" movie.
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NASA's Lucy asteroid spacecraft solar array rescue efforts continuing
NASA's Lucy mission team is continuing efforts to correct the incomplete deployment of one of the spacecraft's solar arrays as it continues to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
Milankovitch cycles: What are they and how do they affect Earth?
Milankovitch cycles are periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives thus affecting its climate and habitability.
Watch the ESA Council information session
The media information session following the 308th ESA Council will be streamed on 15 June from 12:40 to 13:15 CEST at esawebtv.esa.int. Join us to hear more about the cooperation between ESA and NASA.
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' episode 4: A daring rescue that doesn’t quite hit the mark
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' channels 'The Mandalorian', 'A New Hope' and 'Jedi: Fallen Order' in what should have been its best episode yet.
Polaris Dawn crew training for epic SpaceX mission this fall
The crew for the first mission in the privately funded Polaris program is scaling new heights to prepare for their record-breaking SpaceX flight later this year.
France becomes 20th nation to sign Artemis Accords for moon exploration
France is the most recent signatory to the Artemis Accords, NASA's international agreement to establish best practices for ongoing cooperation on moon exploration.
Shuttle fliers enter Astronaut Hall of Fame with eye on future in space
At an event celebrating their past, the new inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, David Leestma, Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson, looked to the future for the promise of space exploration.
Space takes centre stage at VivaTech
How does ESA enable the European space industry to prosper in the global market? People attending this week’s VivaTech show in Paris – which will showcase how innovation and technology can build a more sustainable and inclusive society – will discover how.
ESA Gives Green Light on its Comet Interceptor Mission
Comets, with their long, beautiful, bright tails of ice, are some of the most spectacular sightings in the night sky. This was most apparent when Comet NEOWISE passed by Earth in the summer of 2020, dazzling viewers from all over the planet while being mainly visible in the northern hemisphere. While the sky might look the same night after night, comets are a humble reminder that the universe is a very active and beautiful place.
SpaceX cargo launch to space station delayed 2 more weeks, to July 11
The launch of SpaceX's next cargo mission to the Internationl Space Station has been pushed back at least two more weeks, to no earlier than July 11.
After Three Months in Safe-Mode, NASA’s Maven Spacecraft Has Been Recovered
Since 2014, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has been orbiting Mars and gathering data on its upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interactions with the Sun and solar wind. In so doing, the mission has shown how billions of years ago, the Martian atmosphere was slowly stripped away by solar wind. This caused Mars to undergo a major shift in its climate, transforming from a warmer planet that had flowing water on its surface to the extremely frigid and desiccated place it is today.
The Rapid Changes We’re Seeing With the Earth’s Magnetic Field Don’t Mean the Poles are About to Flip. This is Normal
One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth’s magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records show that the poles have flipped places 183 times in the last 83 million years. That’s about every 450,000 years on average, though there were ten million years between flips in at least two cases.
SpaceX's Starship rocket project can continue in South Texas, FAA review finds
SpaceX can continue developing and testing its huge Starship vehicle in South Texas, provided the company takes pains to mitigate its impact on the area, a long-awaited environmental review has found.
The Gaia Revolution: New Data and Strange Stars
Astronomers will use the newest data release from the Gaia mission to explore stellar tsunamis, Milky Way history, and more.
Strawberry supermoon of June rises on Tuesday. Here's what to expect.
Check out our guide to everything you need to know about today's Strawberry supermoon
A long solar flare just erupted from the sun and the video is stunning
The sun flexed its considerable magnetic muscles today (June 13), and two solar spacecraft captured the show on video.
FAA moves SpaceX a step closer to receiving Starship launch license
An aerial photo of SpaceX’s Starship launch complex near Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Credit: SpaceX
The FAA will require SpaceX to take more than 75 actions to reduce the environmental effects of flying its gigantic 40-story-tall Starship rocket from South Texas, but regulators found no significant impacts and moved SpaceX a step closer to receiving a launch license.
'Dark' black hole wandering the Milky Way may be the smallest yet detected
A rogue black hole wandering the space lanes of our Milky Way galaxy alone could be the smallest black hole yet found.
Best monocular 2022: Quality kit you can use for stargazing
Monoculars aren't just for observing wildlife; they can enhance your stargazing experience too.
Will Earth’s Follies Take Root on Mars? Black Comedy Explores the Frontier
The world’s richest human wants to build a city on Mars: Fifty years ago, Elon Musk’s vision of our future on the Red Planet might have sounded like science fiction — but today, Musk is actually serious about the idea of using billions of dollars from ventures like SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network to finance the move to Mars.
