Hi-C Rocket Experiment Achieves Never-Before-Seen Look at Solar Flares
Friday, 03 May 2024 15:55After months of preparation and years since its last flight, the upgraded High Resolution Coronal Imager Flare mission - Hi-C Flare, for short - took to the skies for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare. The low-noise cameras - built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama - are part of a suite of state-of-the-art instruments on board the Black Brant IX sounding
X-ray satellite XMM-newton sees 'space clover' in a new light
Friday, 03 May 2024 15:55Astronomers have discovered enormous circular radio features of unknown origin around some galaxies. Now, new observations of one dubbed the Cloverleaf suggest it was created by clashing groups of galaxies. Studying these structures, collectively called ORCs (odd radio circles), in a different kind of light offered scientists a chance to probe everything from supersonic shock waves to blac
Microsoft announces $2.2 bn AI, cloud investment in Malaysia
Friday, 03 May 2024 15:55Microsoft pledged a $2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in Malaysia on Thursday to help develop the country's AI infrastructure. The tech giant's chief executive Satya Nadella is on a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia - Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia - to announce a range of investments in data centres, AI and cloud services. "Today, Microsoft ann
UTA scientists explore quantum aspects of gravity using neutrinos
Friday, 03 May 2024 15:55Einstein's theory of general relativity describes gravity as a result of space and time curving. This theory accounts for the Earth's gravity, which anchors us and causes objects to fall. In contrast, high-energy physics investigates subatomic particles that follow the principles of quantum mechanics, notable for their random fluctuations and the inherent uncertainty in particle positions
Ariane 6 launches: Exolaunch's EXOpod Nova
Friday, 03 May 2024 15:48
Europe's newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on.
Making sure ESA's cloud and aerosol satellite is aerosol-free
Friday, 03 May 2024 15:46The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it
Friday, 03 May 2024 14:34The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible.
The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May. This year's peak activity happens early Sunday with an expected 10 to 30 meteors visible per hour in the Northern Hemisphere.
Failure is not an option: learning from Apollo 13
Friday, 03 May 2024 13:30NASA awards studies for commercial Mars missions
Friday, 03 May 2024 12:17Meet the team behind EarthCARE
Friday, 03 May 2024 11:00As we approach the launch of ESA’s EarthCARE mission, we caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission.
With the climate crisis increasingly tightening its grip, ESA’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission (EarthCARE) will shed new light on the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth’s atmosphere.
EarthCARE is the largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission. It comes at a critical time in the development of kilometre-scale resolution, global climate models and will provide an important contribution to an improved understanding of cloud convection and its role in Earth’s
Week in images: 29 April - 03 May 2024
Friday, 03 May 2024 10:30Week in images: 29 April - 03 May 2024
Discover our week through the lens
China launches Chang’e-6 mission to collect first samples from the moon’s far side
Friday, 03 May 2024 08:44Earth from Space: Namibian landforms
Friday, 03 May 2024 07:20Seven ways ESA has cut its environmental footprint
Friday, 03 May 2024 07:19ESA is committed to almost halve its greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy consumption by 2025 compared to 2019 levels. But how can ESA keep accelerating the use of space for the sustainable development of society while reducing its emissions?