An artist’s interpretation of Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra spacecraft with the Ocula imaging service on display. Illustration: Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is preparing for its next mission to the Moon and it hopes to, once again, make history, but this time, even before it reaches the lunar surface.
Firefly Aerospace plans to launch a new "lunar imaging service" called Ocula, which will collect detailed imagery using a set of moon-orbiting spacecraft.
The prolific flare factory doesn't look like stopping anytime soon.
A stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, reveals the intricacies of galactic systems.
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Watch the replay of the ESA-European Commission press conference with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, and Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, held at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 18 June 2025.
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Watch the replay of the call between Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, ESA project astronaut. This call took place at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 18 June. Project astronaut Uznański-Wiśniewski joined from quarantine ahead of the upcoming Ignis mission mission.
Satellite streaks are a blight on astronomy. How much are observations by the Vera Rubin super telescope going to suffer from this contamination?
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 to begin the Starlink 10-18 mission on June 18, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
Update June 18, 3:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites.
Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to make a groundbreaking discovery about water in space, detecting a special type of water ice around a young star that could help explain how water travels from stellar nurseries to planets and comets.
Scientists are revolutionising the search for extraterrestrial life by challenging our somewhat Earth-centric assumptions about where and how life might exist in the universe. A new review argues that we must embrace the remarkable diversity of exoplanets discovered over the past two decades and consider a much broader range of environments that could potentially host life.
Supermassive black holes that seem too large to exist in the early universe may have grown from primordial black holes formed in the first second after the Big Bang.
The surprise display was captured on June 9 by aurora chaser Harlan Thomas.
In 1912, astronomer Victor Hess discovered strange, high-energy particles known as "cosmic rays." Since then, researchers have hunted for their birthplaces. Today, we know about some of the cosmic ray "launch pads", ranging from the Sun and supernova explosions to black holes and distant active galactic nuclei. What astronomers are now searching for are sources of cosmic rays within the Milky Way Galaxy.
Extended periods in space can lead to all kinds of health problems. The hazard posed by radiation is well known and is the reason NASA and other space agencies impose limits on the amount astronauts are exposed to. There's also microgravity, which has been studied extensively thanks to regular missions to the International Space Station and long-term studies (like the NASA Twins Study). According to this research, extended periods in microgravity will result in muscle atrophy, bone density loss, changes in eyesight, effects on the cardiovascular and endocrine systems, and even genetic changes.
If our Solar System seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, the Moon moves through light and shadow, and the Sun hangs in the sky. But in reality, everything is moving and influencing everything else, and the fine balance we observe can easily be disrupted. Could passing stars have disrupted Earth's orbit and ushered in dramatic climatic changes in our planet's past?
You can now watch the award-winning documentary "SALLY" about the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, on Disney+ and Hulu.
China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.
Paramount announced that the show's five-season mission is coming to an end last week with a heartfelt 'thank you' from the showrunners.
A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.
The beginning of the industrial development of LISA was among the highlights for the European Space Agency on the second day of the International Paris Air Show.
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