Smile sets sail for Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
Friday, 20 February 2026 08:05
Just over a year since Smile arrived in the Netherlands in two parts, the now-complete and thoroughly-tested spacecraft has left for good. With a launch window set for 8 April – 7 May on a Vega-C rocket, the joint European-Chinese mission is almost ready to embark upon its unique space mission.
Earth from Space: Ouarzazate, Morocco
Friday, 20 February 2026 08:00
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over south-central Morocco, near the city of Ouarzazate. The stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral
Friday, 20 February 2026 08:00
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The stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making
Thursday, 19 February 2026 20:47
NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious level of mishap, with the agency’s leadership citing shortfalls in how officials oversaw the program.
NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner's botched astronaut flight
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NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon
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Sophie Adenot exercising on the CEVIS bike
Thursday, 19 February 2026 15:21
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during one of her first workouts at the start of the εpsilon mission. Upper-atmospheric lithium pollution directly linked to Falcon 9 reentry
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Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time
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EarthDaily in Orbit: From First Launch to Commercial Operations
Thursday, 19 February 2026 13:09
With six additional satellites launching in May and continued expansion later this year, the EarthDaily Constellation will enter commercial operations in Summer 2026, delivering daily, consistent global coverage.
Webb maps Uranus's mysterious upper atmosphere
Thursday, 19 February 2026 13:00
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet. Using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's NIRSpec instrument, the team observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, detecting the faint glow from molecules high above the clouds. The results offer a new window into how ice-giant planets distribute energy in their upper layers.
ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels
Thursday, 19 February 2026 13:00
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ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels Golden Dome will fail without software-defined warfare
Thursday, 19 February 2026 13:00
Study revisits chances of detecting alien technosignatures
Thursday, 19 February 2026 11:07
For more than sixty years, astronomers have searched the sky for signs of advanced extraterrestrial technology, scanning the Milky Way for artificial radio transmissions, optical flashes and excess infrared heat.
Despite these efforts, no technosignature has been confirmed so far, a silence often attributed to the fact that only a tiny fraction of the cosmic search space has been explored.