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Francis Halzen, a Belgian-American physicist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receives the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his leading role in building the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South …
NASA has stacked the center segments of both Artemis III solid rocket boosters on Mobile Launcher 1, with the mission targeted for no earlier than June 2027. Work continues across …
The three optical channels of the Simbio-Sys instrument on Europe's BepiColombo mission have been switched on together for the first time, confirming the system works and capturing an initial image …
October offers skywatchers Saturn at its brightest, the annual Orionid meteor shower from Halley's Comet debris, and a close lunar pass by the Pleiades, though moonlight will interfere with some …
NASA and Boeing are preparing uncrewed and crewed test flights of the Starliner spacecraft, which has not flown since a 2024 mission left two astronauts aboard the International Space Station …
A commemorative plaque has been unveiled in honour of Colin Pillinger, the British scientist who led the Beagle 2 mission to Mars in 2003. The tribute recognises his contribution to …
South Korea's KSLV-2 will carry a record 15 satellites, China's Chang Zheng 12 will launch from Hainan Island, and SpaceX will fly two Falcon 9 missions from California, including a …
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission is preparing for liftoff after a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft was raised vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The launch will …
As World Space Week marks 69 years since Sputnik 1 opened the Space Age, at least 746 people from 52 countries have traveled to space, though women remain only 15 …
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer used Earth's gravity on September 28 to bend its trajectory by 20 degrees and gain 3.5 km/s, while scientists tested its instruments …
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, who flew on the Artemis II mission around the Moon, are moving into emeritus positions at Johnson Space Center, where they will mentor …
French astronaut Sophie Adenot's return to Earth from the International Space Station has been postponed because of unfavorable weather in the Pacific splashdown zone. NASA now targets no earlier than …
SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload from Kennedy Space Center, with twin booster landings producing sonic booms across Florida's Space Coast.
Physicists recreated the universe's first moments in a particle collider and found an unexpected result that could reshape understanding of the early cosmos.
All five Romanian students who competed at the 19th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in Hanoi, Vietnam, earned medals, with three golds and two silvers. The team was prepared in …
The Shropshire Astronomical Society has received permission to install a mini-observatory dome at Rodington village hall, giving local stargazers a permanent base for public outreach and night-sky observation.
New observations of 21 extreme debris disks suggest the dust comes from violent impacts between planet-building bodies, and could even flag star systems in the midst of a planetary shake-up.
The European Space Agency is studying a European-led space station and a crew transport capability, while its next-generation launchers begin flying and cargo missions to the ISS take shape.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has demonstrated pointing stability equivalent to aiming a laser at a dime from 150 miles away, while its coronagraph captured its first focused images of stars …
La cheffe française Anne-Sophie Pic a conçu des repas pour l'astronaute Sophie Adenot, qui les a emportés à bord de la Station spatiale internationale. L'initiative vise à retrouver des saveurs …
