Copernical Team
The moon's going to get crowded. We should protect our heritage on it while we still can
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'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
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NASA's Artemis missions promise a return to the moon—but when?
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NASA returns moon rocket to pad, eyeing April 1 launch
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Smile mission set for April 9 launch to image Earth's magnetic field in X-rays
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NASA hauls its repaired moon rocket from the hangar back to the pad for an early April launch
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A self-sufficient Mars garden? How cyanobacteria-based fertilizer could grow edible biomass
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Newly discovered photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong after the Gemini 8 emergency
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Russia resumes use of space launch site damaged in accident
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A rare encounter: How Juice came to observe 3I/ATLAS
No matter how much planning goes into space missions, one must always expect the unexpected. But luck favours the prepared. In July 2025, an unexpected visitor entered our Solar System, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – Juice – happened to be in the right place, with the right equipment, at the right time to see it.
This unique vantage point offered a fleeting opportunity. What followed was a race against time.