Lunar Snapshots: Testing NASA’s Incredible Next-Gen Moon Camera
NASA and European partners develop and test a state-of-the-art lunar camera, with ongoing refinements for future international missions. When astronauts return to the Moon, they…
NASA and European partners develop and test a state-of-the-art lunar camera, with ongoing refinements for future international missions. When astronauts return to the Moon, they…
ESA’s Gaia mission has discovered over half a million new stars, pinpointed 150,000 asteroids, and identified 380 cosmic lenses. These findings advance our understanding of…
The Panama Canal, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, showcases its maritime significance. However, severe drought conditions in Panama threaten its operations, leading to a…
Arp-Madore 2339-661, initially thought to be a pair of interacting galaxies, is in fact a trio comprising NGC 7733, NGC 7734, and NGC 7733N. Located…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully used a laser to melt simulated moondust, paving the way for potential road construction on the Moon, a…
The Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has detected one of the largest ozone holes over Antarctica, possibly influenced by the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption. Despite historic…
Euclid has found its ‘lost’ guide stars as a software patch has solved its navigation woes and the next six years of observation schedules have…
New research, based largely on information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ESA’s CryoSat satellite missions, has revealed alarming findings about the state of Antarctica’s ice…
The face-on spiral galaxy IC 5332, in the constellation Sculptor, is an SABc-type with weakly barred features and loosely coiled arms. This glittering Hubble Space…
ESA (European Space Agency) is calling for visionary ideas for how to use a constellation of communication and navigation satellites around the Moon to establish…
The Mars Express provides a detailed visualization of Noctis Labyrinthus, a vast valley system on Mars, revealing its unique geological formations and the effects of…
This Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week prominently features two galaxies: NGC 3558 in the lower left, and LEDA 83465 in the upper right….
This breathtaking image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a region called G35.2-0.7N, which is known as a hotbed of high-mass star formation. The kind…
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field, straddling Chile and Argentina, is one of the largest ice masses outside polar regions. A recent image from Copernicus Sentinel-2…
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen became the commander of the International Space Station, the sixth European to take the role, on 26 September, at 15:43 CEST….
Euclid and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will collaboratively study the universe’s accelerating expansion. Using unique methods, they aim to shed light on dark…
Hubble’s latest image features galaxy SDSS J103512.07+461412.2 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Unlike simpler naming systems from smaller catalogs, SDSS uses coordinates, providing both…
This summer, Europe was severely impacted by a heatwave, resulting in numerous wildfires, with the Greek island of Rhodes being severely affected. Satellite images reveal…