Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
Webb Space Telescope photographs weird galaxy that not only looks “unusual,” but behaves oddly too
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Spacecraft bound for Mercury faces ‘tricky’ arrival
A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes will complete an eight-year journey to arrive at Mercury on Thursday,…
In 2007, ESA sent 3,000 tardigrades into low Earth orbit; after 10 days of vacuum and UV-A/UV-B exposure, 68% revived upon rehydration
On September 14, 2007, a European Space Agency exposure platform bolted to the outside of a Russian Foton-M3…
BepiColombo Survived a Glitchy 8-Year Trip to Mercury. Now Comes the Hard Part
After traveling together as a conjoined spacecraft for eight years, the BepiColombo twin orbiters will finally be forced…
Ariane 6 launches European weather satellite in first GTO mission
WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 successfully launched a European weather satellite Aug. 27 on the rocket’s first mission…
ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module
JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar…
Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System
Named Beta Pictoris d, the newly-discovered world is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the first…
This Spellbinding 4K Timelapse of Aurora Lights is Made From Thousands of Astronaut Photos
Sophie Adenot / Jessica Meir / ISS / NASA / ESA / Seán Doran A filmmaker has created…
Airbus to build Aeolus-2 wind-monitoring satellite
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor…