Space

On Wednesday 19 August, media representatives were invited to a media briefing ahead of the launch of the next Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2). The satellite is set to be launched on an Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport...

China just notched another big spaceflight milestone.The Beijing startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), becoming the first Chinese company ever to do so during an orbital launch.It was just the...

By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UKEarth planning date: Friday, Aug. 7, 2026This week was very special for the Curiosity team here on Earth as we celebrated the 14th landing anniversary. I still...

In 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, then six billion kilometers from Earth and destined to become humanity's most far-flung emissary, turned around and took a picture of home. The resulting image...

On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous "Wow!" signal, which to this day is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we are not alone in the universe.Astronomer Jerry...

Week in images: 10-14 August 2026 Discover our week through the lens Source link

Explanation: On August 12, the Moon's shadow reached out to touch our fair planet. Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that led the dark lunar umbra across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal,...

In the simplest version of events, stars form when clouds of cold molecular hydrogen collapse into protostars. Over time, those protostars accrete more gas from the surrounding cloud. Eventually, the protostars...

In a contrast of fire and ice, smoke from wildland fires mingled with several of the Cascade Range’s prominent, glaciated volcanoes in summer 2026. Astronauts on the International Space Station photographed the scene while orbiting over the U.S. West...

Experience a musical simulation of the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse as seen from the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (Spain). Click here for information about ESA’s live broadcast from this observatory, or visit esa.int/solareclipse for an overview...