Copernical Team
Signals from the dawn of time may reveal secrets of the Big Bang
For centuries, humans have sought to understand how the universe began. Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) and the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris are proposing new ways to peer further back than ever before-toward the first instants following the Big Bang.
Physicists Leo Stodolsky of MPP and Joseph Silk of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris have developed Asteroid with Second-Fastest Orbit Discovered Hidden in Sunlight
A newly discovered asteroid has been found racing around the Sun in just 128 days, making it the Solar System's second-fastest known orbiting asteroid. Designated 2025 SC79, the object was detected by Carnegie Science astronomer Scott S. Sheppard on September 27, concealed within the Sun's glare-an area notoriously difficult to observe.
The asteroid's path takes it inside the orbit of Venu Sentinel-1D prepares for encapsulation ahead of November launch
The European Space Agency has confirmed that the Sentinel-1D satellite is fuelled and ready for encapsulation, marking a key milestone in its launch campaign. The spacecraft is scheduled for liftoff on Tuesday, 4 November, aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana.
Part of the Copernicus Earth observation programme, Sentinel-1D will continue the mission's delivery of high-resolution rad US soliciting new bids for Moon mission amid SpaceX delays: NASA chief
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Remember the moon rover? Teams test a possible Artemis version
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Starship could cut the travel time to Uranus in half
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LUNA: Europe’s Moon on Earth
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ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer walks across the dusty terrain of LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth. Nearby, ESA's Argonaut lander mock-up stands ready as he carefully navigates the simulated regolith - the dust, soil and rock on the Moon's surface. Alongside a fellow operator, he rehearses a moonwalk under the harsh glare of Sun simulators that mimic lunar lighting to test scientific tools designed to analyse lunar soil and rock.
ESA's robotic explorers, Interact and Spot, join the scene. Spot, the agile robot dog, picks up a sample while Interact, a wheeled robotic arm, supports this rehearsal of autonomous
Argonaut in LUNA
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A European lunar landscape: a 1:1 model of ESA’s Argonaut lunar lander at Europe’s Moon on Earth, LUNA. 28 Starlink satellites lift on 130th mission of SpaceX's Falcon 9
SpaceX set a milestone Thursday morning as it marked the 130th launch of its Falcon 9 rocket.
The Falcon 9 that launched 28 Starlink satellites took off at 5:57 a.m. EDT Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and deployed the devices into low-Earth orbit some 64 minutes after leaving the planet.
It represented Falcon 9's 130th flight of the year, only SpaceX launches rockets from opposite coasts, ties mission total
SpaceX launched a pair of Falcon 9 rockets from opposite coasts Sunday, sending a total of 56 satellites into low-Earth orbit, adding to the growing Starlink commercial fleet.
The first launch occurred at 1:39 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral.
Space Force Station and the second lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California at 12:24 p.m. PDT.
The first launch mar