Rare Cosmic Lineup Gives Hubble Close Look at 3I/ATLAS
On January 22, 2026, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS nearly perfectly aligned with…
New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Portugal’s hypersonic test ‘generates flow hotter than Sun’s surface’
Portugal has entered the small group of countries with experimental capability in hypersonic research after completing its first…
Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal
New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection…
Legs made for a Mars landing
Science & Exploration 21/01/2026 466 views 5 likes To land on the right foot on the Red Planet,…
The countdown to clean orbits has begun with ESA’s Zero Debris Charter
Space is rapidly becoming the world’s most congested frontier. What was once a domain of scientific exploration is…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch
WASHINGTON — A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and…
ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE in-orbit servicing and debris removal mission
MILAN — The European Space Agency and Luxembourg’s ClearSpace announced Jan. 12 a new collaboration on an in-orbit…
Astronomers Measure Mass of Free-Floating Exoplanet for First Time
A population of free-floating planets is known from gravitational microlensing surveys. None have a directly measured mass, owing…
Champagne Cluster is Actually Two Galaxy Clusters in Process of Merging, Astronomers Find
Astronomers discovered an enormous galaxy cluster called RM J130558.9+263048.4 on December 31, 2020; the date, combined with the…
Hackers Allegedly Steal Access Tokens, Confidential Documents From European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) suffered a security breach of its science servers, with a hacker group claiming…