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A trio of images highlight BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its third of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, snapping images of a newly named impact crater as well as tectonic and volcanic curiosities as it adjusts its trajectory for entering Mercury orbit in 2025.
ESA Pavilion 360° virtual tour | Explore the Paris Air Show with Matthias Maurer
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Experience the thrill of the Paris Air Show 2023 with our 360VR tour! Join ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer as he guides you through the ESA pavilion, showcasing the Euclid satellite and the incredible journey of Juice to Jupiter. Immerse yourself in the excitement and mysteries of the universe.
Tongan undersea volcano created most intense lightning storm ever recorded
The volcano, which erupted in January 2022, was a type never seen before and produced rippling rings of lightning 150 miles (240 kilometers) across.
Paris Air Show Live - session on the ambitions of Europe in human and robotic exploration
Video: 00:47:00
Watch the replay of the conference on Europe’s ambitions in human and robotic space exploration, streamed live from Le Bourget. Speakers include ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, CNES CEO Philippe Baptiste and Director General of the German Space Agency Walther Pelzer. ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet, Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer will contribute their views.
Aurora myths, legends and misconceptions
Auroras, also known as the aurora borealis (northern lights) and aurora australis (southern lights), have inspired countless myths and legends across the globe as well as numerous misconceptions.
Here is Crew-7!
The final two crewmembers of Crew-7, where ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is the pilot, has been announced. They will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) later this summer.
Unistellar's Father's Day telescope deals will save you $500
Unistellar's Father's Day telescope deals means you get $500 cashback when you buy either the eVscope 2 or eQuinox 2 before June 25.
ULA’s Delta rocket assembly line falls silent
File photo of Delta 4 rocket boosters inside ULA’s factory in Decatur, Alabama. Credit: NASA
United Launch Alliance has closed its Delta rocket assembly line in Alabama, after the 389th and last Delta rocket rolled out of the factory for the journey to its launch base in Florida, clearing real estate in ULA’s sprawling manufacturing center for the next-generation Vulcan launch vehicle.
Cosmic-ray 'GPS' system that tracks underground movement could change the way we respond to disasters
A new system that uses subatomic particles produced high in Earth's atmosphere could provide a view inside volcanoes and help locate people trapped beneath rubble.
Discovery of 2nd ever white dwarf pulsar sheds light on how stars evolve
Astronomers have discovered a second example of a white dwarf pulsar, a rapidly spinning stellar remnant that could teach scientists more about stellar evolution.
ESA backs Greek firms’ and universities’ CubeSats
Seven CubeSat missions that demonstrate a variety of services including connectivity and secure communications are being developed by small and medium-sized companies and universities in Greece, following an open call and selection by ESA.
Ethereal ice swirls dance around Arctic peninsula in stunning new satellite image
NASA's Aqua satellite spotted giant ice swirls stretching for hundreds of miles in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's P'yagina Peninsula.
Can We Predict if a System Will Have Giant Planets?
Prediction is one of the hallmarks of scientific endeavors. Scientists pride themselves on being able to predict physical realities based on inputs. So it should come as no surprise that a team of scientists at Notre Dame has developed a theory that can be used to predict the existence of giant planets on the fringes of an exoplanetary system.
The Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions
There’s some potentially big news on the hunt for dark matter. Astronomers may have a handle on what makes this mysterious cosmic stuff: strange particles called “axions.”
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward eruption, scientists warn
Italy's Campi Flegrei is showing some troubling early warning signs, but scientists caution that its eruption is far from certain.
Quantum computers could overtake classical ones within 2 years, IBM 'benchmark' experiment shows
A new experiment by IBM computers shows that quantum computers could soon outperform classical digital computers at practical tasks in the next two years.
Stephen Hawking wanted scientists to 'make black holes' on Earth. Physics says it's possible.
When Stephen Hawking and I visited the Large Hadron Collider, he hoped for an unexpected physics breakthrough. His dreams may not be impossible.
Astronomers Have Never Detected Merging Supermassive Black Holes. That Might Be About to Change
Gravitational wave astronomy currently can only detect powerful rapid events, such as the mergers of neutron stars or stellar mass black holes. We’ve been very successful in detecting the mergers of stellar mass black holes, but a long-term goal is to detect the mergers of supermassive black holes.
Even Though They’re Bigger, Generation 2 Starlinks are Fainter than Gen 1
We’ve filed plenty of reports here at UT warning about the potential impact of Starlink and similar satellites on the field of astronomy. We’ve gone so far as to point out that the granddaddy of space-based telescopes – Hubble – has already had some of its images tarnished by passing Starlink satellites. However, SpaceX has been aware of the problem and is working to limit their product’s brightness. The recently launched Gen2 satellites seem to have made a significant step forward – research from a team of amateur astronomers finds that the new Gen2 Starlinks are more than 10x fainter than previous Gen1 iterations.
Rocket Lab's modified Electron rocket HASTE achieves first suborbital launch
Rocket Lab's Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) rocket blasted off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Saturday, June 17.
