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College Station TX (SPX) Jun 26, 2025
Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings on our neighboring planet over the past half-century have made this seemingly far-fetched idea increasingly plausible. But don't start packing just yet. First, we must figure out how to build structures millions of miles from Earth. Sending rockets carrying massive payloads of constru
Reno NV (SPX) Jun 26, 2025
The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like planets in other solar systems that may show the most promise, but many revolve around stars that emit much stronger solar radiation than our own. Now, a new study offers evidence that life as we know it may be able to thrive on those Earth-like ex
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover has completed its 30th abrasion study, drilling into a Martian rock named "Kenmore" to uncover geologic secrets beneath its dusty surface. On June 3, the rover abraded a two-inch-wide patch, then cleared debris with a nitrogen-powered device known as the gaseous Dust Removal Tool (gDRT), which delivers five puffs per operation. This technique enables scientists to exami
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Rocks from the Moon's near side hold unexpectedly high levels of chlorine, offering fresh insights into the processes that shaped the lunar crust. An international team led by the University of Munster, alongside Ehime University in Japan and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, conducted lab-based simulations of lunar rock formation to explore how chlorine behaves under lunar conditions. Their e
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged a previously unknown exoplanet, marking a significant milestone since the telescope's launch in 2022. Led by a CNRS researcher at the Observatoire de Paris-PSL and Universite Grenoble Alpes, the discovery was enabled by a coronagraph developed in France and installed on JWST's MIRI instrument. This technology, created through a CNRS
Albuquerque, NM (SPX) Jun 26, 2025
A collaborative team of astronomers led by The University of New Mexico has confirmed a rare gas giant exoplanet, TOI-4465 b, located about 400 light-years from Earth. The discovery was enabled by a worldwide network of citizen scientists and detailed in The Astronomical Journal, with UNM Postdoctoral Fellow Zahra Essack as lead author and Assistant Professor Diana Dragomir as co-author. T
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2025
Muon Space has successfully launched Hydrosat's VanZyl-2 satellite, the latest in a series of missions built on its custom-designed Halo platform. Deployed aboard SpaceX's Transporter-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, the spacecraft established contact just six minutes after deployment and is now undergoing commissioning. VanZyl-2 carries advanced multispectral and thermal infra
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2025
The European Commission made a proposal Wednesday to clean up Europe's space sector while also reducing its footprint and making sure its satellites are better protected from hackers. In a press release, the commission said it wants to enact the EU Space Act, which it describes as a "new set of ambitious measures to make Europe's space sector cleaner, safer and more competitive in Europ

The satellite, built by the California-based startup Muon Space, launched March 14 aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13.

Watch MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch live

Thursday, 26 June 2025 09:31
Artist's impression of MTG-S1 with Copernicus Sentinel-4 inside Falcon 9 launcher

The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are ready for liftoff at Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Live coverage of this launch will be shown on ESA WebTV, not earlier than Tuesday, 1 July.

Earth tones on Mars

Thursday, 26 June 2025 08:00
Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured a swirl of colour on the Red Planet, with yellows and rust-oranges meeting deep reds and browns. Lurking within this martian palette are not one but four dust devils, each snaking their way across the surface.

Fire driving deforestation

At ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, scientists have unveiled how the combination of different long-term, high-resolution satellite datasets from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative is shedding new light on the South American Gran Chaco – one of the world’s most endangered dry forest ecosystems. These data reveal, in remarkable clarity, that fire is the primary driver of widespread, accelerating deforestation across the region. 

China could launch a mission involving multiple flybys of asteroid Apophis with a swarm of cubesats when the rocky body approaches Earth in 2029.

At issue is the Trump administration’s proposal to cut roughly $130 million from the NRO’s commercial imagery procurement budget for fiscal 2026

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