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Miniature satellite Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images
The cubesat measuring 22 x 10 x 33 cm was launched in August 2024 and the first image was delivered four days after launch.
Colossal Eruption Carves ‘Canyon of Fire’ Onto the Sun’s Surface
The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
If This Comet Is What We Think It Is, It’s Unlike Any Object Humanity Has Ever Seen
Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...
Hubble snaps galaxy cluster's portrait
A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies is the setting of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy ...
A Solar System Internet? Space Laser Test Moves Us Closer
The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...
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As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science: 'Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation'
Despite geopolitical tension and national budget woes, one message rang out loud and clear at Living Planet Symposium 2025: ...
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Amazing Animation Of ESA's JUICE Spacecraft Flying To The Jupiter System
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in 2023 will take about 8 years to arrive at the jovian system ...
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Viasat brings partners into moon network mission
Viasat recruited a pair of UK space players to aid its work to develop proposals for a ESA project to deploy a network ...
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ESA spaceplane project revives bankrupt firm’s hypersonic engine
ESA is backing a new project called Invictus that aims to develop and launch a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by 2031.
What feud? SpaceX launches competitor Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Wednesday with 24 of Amazon’s satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space ...
MDA SPACE UK TO PRIME ESA AND UK SPACE AGENCY MISSION ESTABLISHING REGENERATIVE, DIRECT-TO-DEVICE 5G COMMUNICATIONS FROM LOW EARTH ORBIT
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced that it will prime SkyPhi, a new mission funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) ...
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ESA Marks a Historic First with Europe’s Deep-Space Optical Communication Link
On July 7, 2025, theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) achieved a groundbreaking feat in space communications by establishing Europe ...