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On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera spacecraft soared just 5000 km above Mars and passed within 300 km of its distant moon, Deimos. Captured by Hera’s 1020x1020 pixel Asteroid Framing Camera, this video sequence offers a rare view of the red planet and its enigmatic moon. The original greyscale images have been colour-enhanced based on known surface features.

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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
A new study led by researchers at Nagoya University has uncovered compelling evidence that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, may be undergoing gravitational disruption caused by its larger companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The findings, based on the motion of thousands of massive stars, suggest that tidal forces from the LMC are pulli
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
New research from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has revealed a striking anomaly in the satellite galaxy system surrounding Andromeda (M31), casting doubt on long-held assumptions within standard cosmology. The study, published in Nature Astronomy, shows that more than 80% of Andromeda's dwarf galaxy companions are clustered on one side of the host galaxy-a configuration pr
Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 (MIRI image) Image: Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 (MIRI image)

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Monday, 14 April 2025 06:25

LUNA’s virtual leap towards the Moon

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer wears the ATLAS analogue suit inside the LUNA facility to test virtual reality headsets for future lunar training.

Rough terrain, deep shadows and blinding light – training for lunar missions means facing an environment unlike anything on Earth. At the ESA-DLR LUNA analogue facility, virtual reality (VR) technology makes it possible for astronauts to immerse themselves in a 360-degree simulation of the lunar surface without leaving the ground.

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