Gaia uncovers vast networks of stellar clusters across the Milky Way
Tuesday, 02 September 2025 09:49
Gaia, the European Space Agency's star-mapping mission, has redrawn our understanding of stellar communities in the Milky Way. After more than a decade of observations, the spacecraft revealed that clusters of stars are not isolated but instead linked in extended chains that stretch across vast galactic distances.
Launched in 2013 and operating until early 2025, Gaia has already transforme New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first data
Tuesday, 02 September 2025 07:00
Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its cutting-edge instruments, offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.
European customer leases SI Imaging Services’ SpaceEye-T
Tuesday, 02 September 2025 03:36
SAN FRANCISCO — South Korea’s SI Imaging Services announced a contract Sept. 2 to lease the capacity of Earth-observation satellite SpaceEye-T to a European customer under a contract with a value of more than 10 million euros ($11.7 million).
New findings reveal the cause of potentially damaging electrical discharges on satellites
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SpaceX launch caps busy month, still on track to pass 100 Space Coast missions this year
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Scaling smallsats: A conversation with Muon Space President Gregory Smirin
Monday, 01 September 2025 10:00
Space Force wants to weave AI into everyday operations
Monday, 01 September 2025 09:00
The service is rolling out initiatives, including a series of “AI Challenges” — hackathon-style competitions
Over Soroya Ridge and onward
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Perseverance has continued exploring beyond the rim of Jezero crater, spending time last week at Parnasset conducting a mini-campaign on aeolian bedforms. After wrapping up that work, three separate drives brought Perseverance further southeast to an outcrop named Soroya.
Soroya was first picked out from orbital images as a target of interest because, as can be seen in the above image, it SpaceX expands Starlink network in latest Falcon 9 launch
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 28 more satellites into low-Earth orbit on Sunday as the company continues to build out its constellation.
The satellites were launched by a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:49 a.m. local time from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the company said in a statement.
After separation, the rocket's first stage booster, numbe Warped planet forming discs challenge long held models of planetary birth
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Scientists studying the origins of planetary systems have found that protoplanetary discs are often warped, overturning the traditional view of smooth, flat discs. The findings, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, show that these subtle tilts can significantly influence how planets grow and establish orbits.
The research team, using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Ar MWA enters Phase III: A new era for WA's window on the Universe
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Western Australia's Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has entered its next chapter, with the completion of an upgrade set to expand our view of the Universe and solidify WA's role as a global hub for radio astronomy.
Operating since 2013, the MWA is a powerful telescope comprising 8,192 antennas spread across more than 30sqkm on Wajarri Yamaji land, about 300km north-east of Geraldton, at In Rocket Lab inaugurates Launch Complex 3 to prepare for Neutron rocket operations
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has officially opened Launch Complex 3, a dedicated test, launch, and landing site for its reusable Neutron rocket. The new facility, located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, represents the largest orbital launch capacity in the spaceport's history.
Neutron is designed to lift 13,000 kg (33,000 pounds) to orbit, supporting comm First five Flight Ticket Initiative missions confirmed with Avio and Isar Aerospace
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have confirmed the first five missions of the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program designed to test and validate new European technologies in orbit while supporting the continent's launch sector.
Three missions will launch on Avio's Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Spanish firm Persei will demonstrate the E.T Martian mantle preserves shattered fragments from early planetary collisions
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
New seismic evidence suggests that Mars's interior is far from the smooth textbook image often imagined. Instead, the planet's mantle is littered with ancient fragments, some up to 4 km wide, formed during violent early collisions more than 4.5 billion years ago.
The study, based on seismic data collected by NASA's InSight lander, shows that seismic waves moving through Mars's mantle encou