See ESA's summer space snaps
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 11:09
Our interactive publication covering captivating stories and stunning images from the most recent quarter of the year.
Gaia discovers our galaxy’s great wave
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 11:00
Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre.
Canadian Space Agency offers funding for dual-use technologies
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 10:40
SYDNEY, Australia – Canada’s recently announced defense industrial strategy provides funding for space technologies with civil and military applications, Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell said at the International Astronautical Congress here.
Kayhan Space releases free software to speed up satellite visualization
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 10:02
Orbital traffic software firm Kayhan Space released a free online tool Sept.
ESA at IAC 2025 - highlights from Day 2
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 08:58
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Australian Space Agency (ASA) will pursue new ways of working together following discussions during the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, Australia.
Far side of the moon may be colder than the near side, lunar rocks suggest
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Venus' Cloud Aerosols Contain Reservoirs of Water and Iron
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Pomona CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
A new analysis of the aerosols in Venus' clouds, from data originally collected in 1978 during the Pioneer Venus mission, has found evidence for substantial water and iron. The study, Re-analysis of Pioneer Venus data: Water, iron sulfate, and sulfuric acid are major components in Venus' aerosols, was led by Rakesh Mogul, a professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at California Sta
A new analysis of the aerosols in Venus' clouds, from data originally collected in 1978 during the Pioneer Venus mission, has found evidence for substantial water and iron. The study, Re-analysis of Pioneer Venus data: Water, iron sulfate, and sulfuric acid are major components in Venus' aerosols, was led by Rakesh Mogul, a professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at California Sta Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and Mars
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
With repeated strikes of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, a team of NASA-supported researchers has demonstrated a low-tech but powerful method to locate caves that may one day provide shelter for astronauts on the Moon and Mars.
The experiments, conducted near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Tulelake, California, used terrain with geologic features similar to those of planetary lava fields.
With repeated strikes of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, a team of NASA-supported researchers has demonstrated a low-tech but powerful method to locate caves that may one day provide shelter for astronauts on the Moon and Mars.
The experiments, conducted near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Tulelake, California, used terrain with geologic features similar to those of planetary lava fields. Arianespace partners with BULL to advance space debris prevention measures on Ariane 6
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Arianespace and French start-up BULL are strengthening their cooperation on sustainable spaceflight through joint work on space debris mitigation technology for the Ariane 6 launcher.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in 2024 to explore the integration of BULL's HORN Post Mission Disposal (PMD) device onto the Ariane 6 Dual Launch System. Initial feasibility studies co
Arianespace and French start-up BULL are strengthening their cooperation on sustainable spaceflight through joint work on space debris mitigation technology for the Ariane 6 launcher.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in 2024 to explore the integration of BULL's HORN Post Mission Disposal (PMD) device onto the Ariane 6 Dual Launch System. Initial feasibility studies co Long March 2D reaches 100th mission milestone with dual satellite launch
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
The Long March 2D rocket has completed its 100th successful flight, placing two experimental satellites into orbit in a milestone mission for China's space program.
The vehicle lifted off at 11 am local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, carrying Shiyan 30A and 30B. Both satellites were deployed into their planned orbits, according to China Aerospace Science
The Long March 2D rocket has completed its 100th successful flight, placing two experimental satellites into orbit in a milestone mission for China's space program.
The vehicle lifted off at 11 am local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, carrying Shiyan 30A and 30B. Both satellites were deployed into their planned orbits, according to China Aerospace Science Beyond Gravity wins order to build robotic thruster mechanisms for HummingSat satellites
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Beyond Gravity has secured a contract to supply robotic thruster pointing mechanisms for five HummingSat geostationary telecommunications satellites being developed by Swiss satellite manufacturer SWISSto12. The multi-axis robotic arms will control the satellites' electric propulsion systems, keeping them on station 35,786 kilometers above Earth.
"With this thruster pointing mechanism, we
Beyond Gravity has secured a contract to supply robotic thruster pointing mechanisms for five HummingSat geostationary telecommunications satellites being developed by Swiss satellite manufacturer SWISSto12. The multi-axis robotic arms will control the satellites' electric propulsion systems, keeping them on station 35,786 kilometers above Earth.
"With this thruster pointing mechanism, we Invisible asteroids near Venus may pose long-term danger to Earth
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
An international team led by Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has uncovered a population of asteroids that may threaten Earth but remain effectively hidden from current surveys. These objects, which share Venus's orbit, are extremely difficult to observe because of their position in the sky relative to the Sun.
The study combined analytical modeling and long-term simulations, revealing t
An international team led by Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has uncovered a population of asteroids that may threaten Earth but remain effectively hidden from current surveys. These objects, which share Venus's orbit, are extremely difficult to observe because of their position in the sky relative to the Sun.
The study combined analytical modeling and long-term simulations, revealing t Webb maps hidden stellar nurseries in Sagittarius B2
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its most detailed view yet of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's largest star-forming cloud, uncovering vast populations of massive stars and intricate webs of cosmic dust in the galactic center region.
Located a few hundred light-years from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core, Sagittarius B2 contains immense reservo
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its most detailed view yet of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's largest star-forming cloud, uncovering vast populations of massive stars and intricate webs of cosmic dust in the galactic center region.
Located a few hundred light-years from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core, Sagittarius B2 contains immense reservo Asteroid strike confirmed as cause of Silverpit Crater in North Sea
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was created by a hypervelocity impact about 43 to 46 million years ago. The findings resolve a long-running scientific debate over the crater's origins.
A team led by Dr Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, combined seismic imaging, micros
New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was created by a hypervelocity impact about 43 to 46 million years ago. The findings resolve a long-running scientific debate over the crater's origins.
A team led by Dr Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, combined seismic imaging, micros Lunar soil melted into construction bricks by Chinese research team
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 07:13
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
At the 2025 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, researchers from China's Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) presented a prototype machine capable of transforming lunar soil into construction bricks. The solar-powered system is the first proof-of-concept device designed to fabricate building materials directly on the Moon.
The machine concentrates sunlight using a parabolic refle
At the 2025 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, researchers from China's Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) presented a prototype machine capable of transforming lunar soil into construction bricks. The solar-powered system is the first proof-of-concept device designed to fabricate building materials directly on the Moon.
The machine concentrates sunlight using a parabolic refle