From 7 to 10 October 2025, Europe and Africa took another important step toward deepening their cooperation in space. At the ESA Education Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium, young engineers from across both continents came together for the Space Systems Engineering Training Course, jointly supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Space Agency (AfSA).

From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed space exploration as a race.

A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform, targeting future large-scale, low-cost space manufacturing.

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Boston, MA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Marco Graffiedi, a doctoral student in nuclear science and engineering, is researching quenching processes to help cool nuclear cores, and NASA craft the next generation of space vehicles. Quenching, a powerful heat transfer mechanism, is remarkably effective at transporting heat away. But in extreme environments, like nuclear power plants and aboard spaceshi

Image: View from above: Ariane 6 for Sentinel-1D on the launch pad

Boulder, CO (SPX) Nov 4, 2025
Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists call the "interstellar medium," you can find a wide range of organic molecules - from honeycomblike polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to spheres of carbon shaped like soccer balls. In a new study, an international team of researchers led by scientists at the Unive

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
New experimental research led by Francesca Miozzi and Anat Shahar at Carnegie Science has shown that the galaxy's most common planets may be rich in liquid water due to critical early interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres. Published in Nature, the study demonstrates how these formative processes can deliver water to young worlds. Nearly six thousand exoplanets have be

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
A hybrid Cessna 337 took flight from a Southern California runway with a unique configuration: a gas engine up front and a rear electric engine powered by a silicon-carbide inverter developed by the UA Power Group. The experiment demonstrated that the silicon carbide system is smaller and more efficient than standard silicon-based motor drives and can replace them in hybrid aircraft. Alan

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated the study phase of the HOBI-WAN project, aimed at addressing astronaut food supply on extended Moon or Mars missions without Earth resupply. Funded by ESA's Terrae Novae Exploration Programme, HOBI-WAN (Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria In Weightlessness As a source of Nutrition) will test Solar Foods' gas fermentation technology for producing Solein pro