Can space governance keep up with space sustainability?
Monday, 10 July 2023 14:29
The rapid growth in the number of space objects is testing an international governance model many in the industry worry can no longer keep up.
Guiding Aeolus' safe reentry
Monday, 10 July 2023 12:00
After exceeding its planned life in orbit, ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite is on its way back to Earth. The satellite is currently falling around 1 km a day, and its descent is accelerating. ESA’s spacecraft operators will soon intervene and attempt to guide Aeolus in a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. Why is ESA doing this?
Train me to the Moon and back
Monday, 10 July 2023 09:24
Two European astronauts are following the traces of a treasure trove of rare, Moon-like crystals in a Norwegian fjord as part of the PANGAEA geology training course.
Space for travellers
Monday, 10 July 2023 09:18
As the 2023 summer holiday season gets under way, ESA and Amsterdam’s international airport are once again giving travellers a chance to discover some out-of-this-world destinations.
Help ESA research key space-based solar power challenges
Monday, 10 July 2023 08:40
Space-based solar power could provide Earth with clean and reliable energy, 24 hours a day. As part of its SOLARIS initiative, ESA is inviting researchers to help advance our knowledge of key aspects of collecting solar power in space and wirelessly transmitting it to Earth.
Cheops shows scorching exoplanet acts like a mirror
Monday, 10 July 2023 06:00
Data from ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has led to the surprising revelation that an ultra-hot exoplanet that orbits its host star in less than a day is covered by reflective clouds of metal, making it the shiniest exoplanet ever found.
Solar storm on Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states
Sunday, 09 July 2023 10:44
ATLAS Space launches Freedom Space for Government Missions
Sunday, 09 July 2023 08:37
ATLAS Space Operations, a front-runner in Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS) provision, is broadening its reach with the inauguration of its subsidiary, Freedom Space Technologies. This development emphasizes ATLAS's resolve to enhance space industry capabilities and support the execution of vital government missions.
The new subsidiary will be based in Colorado Springs, CO, and aims to No additional radiation at cruising altitude off the coast of Brazil
Sunday, 09 July 2023 08:37
Earth's atmosphere protects aircraft passengers and crew from the effects of the South Atlantic Anomaly. At cruising altitude, there is no additional exposure to cosmic radiation off the coast of Brazil. This was confirmed by a German Aerospace Center research team during measurement flights. The results of the study, conducted as Atlantic Kiss mission, have now been published in a scientific jo AI robots at UN reckon they could run the world better
Sunday, 09 July 2023 08:37
A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots told a United Nations summit on Friday that they could eventually run the world better than humans.
But the social robots said they felt humans should proceed with caution when embracing the rapidly-developing potential of artificial intelligence.
And they admitted that they cannot - yet - get a proper grip on human emotions.
Some of the most a Canadian student rocketry group reaches new heights with Spaceport Nova Scotia's first launch
Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Recently, a group of some of the brightest young minds in the fields of Canadian science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) took their passion for rocketry and space to new levels as they launched their amateur high-powered rocket from Spaceport Nova Scotia.
Arbalest Rocketry, a rocketry team from Ontario's York University, made the most of a Launch Canada initiated opportunit Sidus Space Joins Forces with Lulav Space to Develop Advanced Star Tracker
Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a significant player in the satellite industry, has announced a collaboration with Lulav Space, a specialist in robotics for space applications. The partnership aims to explore, develop, and showcase the potential of Event-based Star Trackers (EBST).
Sidus Space intends to incorporate the jointly developed EBST into the upcoming LizzieSat mission, which is the f Practicing the game-winning asteroid sample catch
Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
The capsule looked like something from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it looked how one would expect after speeding in from outer space and streaking across the sky like a shooting star. Despite its appearance, the mini-fridge-sized object had, in fact, never left the surface of Earth.
Instead, it was a replica of t Evidence of new volcanic process on Moon discovered
Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
In an unprecedented find, scientists from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) have unearthed traces of an unusual volcanic process on the Moon that had previously only been recognized on Earth. This breakthrough was made possible by the use of a unique new instrument designed to examine microwave wavelengths, a process longer than infrared.
Senior Scientist at PSI and primary author of t Heading toward a cluster of craters: Sols 3880-3881
Saturday, 08 July 2023 08:20
While many of us were up late watching fireworks here on Earth, Curiosity wrapped up a very busy weekend on Mars. The team was pleased that our four-sol plan over the 4th of July holiday executed as expected, but planning today was unusual because the new images of the terrain in front of the rover could not be loaded into our planning software. Although we were not able to select ChemCam and Ma