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The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has begun its arrival at Mercury with the separation of its transfer module, starting one of the most complex planetary arrival sequences ever attempted by ESA.
On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft executed the first-ever course correction in deep space, a maneuver that allowed it to reach Venus and become the first successful interplanetary …
Astronomers have identified a surprisingly young population of fading radio galaxies whose supermassive black holes have already switched off their powerful jets. The confirmed remnants range from about 8 to …
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in 2027, will produce about 20 terabytes of data per day, requiring advanced processing and storage systems. The mission aims to …
NASA scientists have detected a giant decagonal atmospheric pattern emerging around Saturn's south pole, a counterpart to the planet's famous northern hexagon. Hubble observations suggest the feature appeared only recently …
Astronomers have confirmed a decagon-shaped atmospheric pattern near Saturn's south pole, a new and unexpected feature similar to the long-known hexagon at the planet's north pole.
Two astronauts replaced a camera and docking aid on the International Space Station during the sixth all-female spacewalk in history.
NASA has successfully launched the $4.3bn Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory will travel to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, where it will …
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V has released an interactive preview of the Local Volume Mapper, a project mapping ionized gas and the interstellar medium in the Milky Way and …
NASA's Swift space telescope has restarted its science work after a rescue mission failed to fix its degraded orbit. The spacecraft, which has been observing gamma-ray bursts and other cosmic …
This week features six launches worldwide, including the debut of China's Pallas-1 rocket, a Rocket Lab mission for Synspective, a Falcon 9 Starlink flight from California, an ISRO GSLV launch, …
SpaceX and NASA have delayed the next crewed mission to the International Space Station after detecting a leak in the Dragon spacecraft's system, pushing the launch to allow time for …
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has launched on a million-mile journey to the L2 point, where it will scan vast cosmic regions for clues about dark matter, dark energy, and distant …
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is prepared for launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, marking a major step toward a mission designed to investigate dark energy, exoplanets, and …
President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four Artemis II astronauts who flew around the Moon in April, setting a new distance record for humanity.
On Aug. 29, 1965, NASA's Gemini 5 mission ended with astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad splashing down after nearly eight days in orbit, setting a new spaceflight duration record …
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Florida, promising a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble’s to study dark energy, exoplanets, and cosmic structure.
On Aug. 28, 1993, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew past asteroid Ida and discovered a tiny moon, later named Dactyl, the first confirmed satellite of an asteroid.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to observe vast areas of the sky with Hubble-like detail, is scheduled to launch on August 30. The mission will study dark energy, …
The UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council has announced funding cuts that could end operations at the e-MERLIN radio telescope array by March 2028, threatening the future of Jodrell Bank …
