Part of Lake Nasser, one of the largest artificial lakes in the world, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Space News & Blog Articles
SpaceX to launch reusable booster for record 12th time
SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical Thursday night at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX raised a veteran Falcon 9 booster vertical on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral late Thursday, ready for a record-setting 12th mission Friday night with 53 more Starlink internet satellites.
3 Russian cosmonauts launching to space station Friday: Watch live
Three Russian cosmonauts will launch toward the International Space Station on Friday (March 18), and you can watch the action live.
Photos: NASA rolls Artemis 1 moon mission to the launch pad for 1st time
On March 17, 2022, NASA rolled out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule that will fly the agency's Artemis 1 mission. See photos here.
Three-man Russian crew ready for launch to International Space Station
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev, and Denis Matveev during a training session inside their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft. Credit: Roscosmos
Three cosmonauts set to kick off a six-and-a-half month expedition in orbit will launch Friday on Russia’s first mission to the International Space Station since the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
It's rolling! NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission begins journey to the launch pad
Watch it go! NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is on its way to the launch pad.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Magellanic Clouds
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll only be visible in the southern hemisphere after today’s topic: the Magellanic Clouds!
Hints of intriguing diversity seen in super-energetic 'fast radio bursts'
There might be different populations of these powerful cosmic flashes, new research suggests.
Elegoo Mars 2 Pro review: a pint-sized planetary printer
The Elegoo Mars 2 Pro is a resin-based 3D printer with plenty of tricks up its red acrylic hood.
'Star Trek: Discovery' finishes Season 4 with a disappointing finale. Again.
Please, please make Grudge the showrunner for Season 5
Satellite photo shows word 'children' in front of now-destroyed Ukrainian theater
Satellite images also show extensive damage in the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv.
Newborn stars set 'grand design' spiral galaxy aglow in stunning new photo
The golden spiral arms of a distant galaxy sparkle in new images from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
ESA Council meeting - media information session
Video: 01:01:27
Replay of the media information session following the 306th ESA Council, held on 16 and 17 March 2022 in Paris, France. Updates were provided on ESA’s main programmes, the outcome of the 16 February Space Summit in Toulouse, upcoming missions for Earth Observation, and for ESA astronauts, the overall rollout of the Director General’s Agenda 2025 on the way to the ESA Ministerial Meeting in November 2022 as well as the implications of the current geopolitical situation on ESA’s activities.
A Pulsar is Blasting out Jets of Matter and Antimatter
Why is there so much antimatter in the Universe? Ordinary matter is far more plentiful than antimatter, but scientists keep detecting more and more antimatter in the form of positrons. More positrons reach Earth than standard models predict. Where do they come from?
How Lagrange points solved one of physics' biggest problems
The origins of the Lagrange points are sunk deep within one of the most difficult problems faced by mathematicians and physicists over the past 400 years: the three-body problem.
The Worm Moon will shine before dawn Friday. It's the last full moon of winter 2022.
The Worm full moon of March peaks early Friday, March 18, but still appears full for a day or two.
What black holes can teach us about traffic jams
If you've ever been stuck in a nightmare traffic jam, you know that "black hole from which you can never escape" captures the feeling well.
ESA’s Gaia Just Took a Picture of L2 Neighbor JWST
Oh, hello there new neighbor! In February, the Gaia spacecraft took a picture of its new closest companion in space at the second Lagrangian point, the James Webb Space Telescope.
Relic of Apollo will carry NASA’s new moon rocket to launch pad
The Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA
NASA will roll the Space Launch System, a heavy-duty rocket designed to send astronauts to the moon, out of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday evening. A crawler-transporter originally built more than 50 years ago for the Apollo program will haul the towering rocket to its launch pad for a countdown dress rehearsal.
Nikon D7500 review
The Nikon D7500 is a real celebration of affordability and high-quality features that, for now, keep up with crop sensor mirrorless bodies without a hitch.

