Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Aug 01, 2023
A joint scientific team led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the KU Leuven has found that high-frequency magnetic waves could play an essential role in keeping the Sun's atmosphere at millions of degrees. This finding sheds a new light on the most intriguing solar mystery: what makes the Sun's atmosphere hotter than its surface? One of the long-standing astrophysical puzzles i

Beijing (XNA) Aug 01, 2023
On Thursday, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief Bill Nelson visited Argentina and talked about China's achievements in lunar and space exploration at a news conference, claiming that there is a "space race" between China and the United States. This is a term full of Cold War connotations, and it is now being brought to the hot topic of international space cooperation in

Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 01, 2023
The three astronauts from China's Shenzhou XV manned mission met with the press on Monday, in their first public appearance since returning to Earth 57 days ago. Mission commander Major General Fei Junlong, Senior Colonel Deng Qingming and Senior Colonel Zhang Lu have completed quarantine and recuperation, the first two stages in their period of recovery after landing, and are currently in

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2023
A comprehensive research endeavor led by Heidelberg University and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam has shed new light on the causes of abrupt climate changes in ice ages. The study suggests that variations in summer insolation, or the amount of sunlight received, played a vital role in steering the shift between warm and cold phases during past ice ages. The collabor

Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major announced Aug.

A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after an Aug.

A solar eruption detected simultaneously at Earth, the Moon and Mars emphasises the need to prepare human exploration missions for the dangers of space radiation. 

Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others.

As the Senate advances a bill that would direct NASA to support missions to remove orbital debris, the agency is outlining the role it will take assisting the Commerce Department on a new space traffic coordination system.