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Ground-based radar systems could have a unique role to play in planetary defense, helping humanity protect Earth by spotting asteroids and comets on potentially devasting collision courses with our planet. This was the conclusion reached by National Academies in their 2023-2032 Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey. Currently, only one radar system on Earth concentrates […]

The European Space Agency has released images showing some of the final orbits experienced by a European satellite before its fiery reintroduction to Earth’s atmosphere. The school-bus-sized European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite reentered our planet’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 21, almost 29 years after its launch in April 1995. The Tracking and

France-based Unseenlabs has raised 85 million euros ($92 million) behind plans to double its maritime surveillance constellation to 25 nanosatellites for tracking vessels in near real-time. The company has now raised 120 million euros since being founded nine years ago, CEO and cofounder Clément Galic said Feb. 27. As well as expanding a fleet of

Rwanda Space Agency and the Polish Space Agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance partnership opportunities – marking a significant milestone in bilateral collaboration between Rwanda and Poland in space technology. The MoU aims to leverage the robust Polish space ecosystem to develop collaboration on activities of mutual interest and solidifies the commitment

NASA sees an even brighter future for its human moon-landing program after a private robotic mission safely touched down last week. Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson says NASA‘s Artemis program, which aims to put boots on the moon as soon as 2026, is getting “momentum” from the private Intuitive Machines landing. That mission, known as IM-1,

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander, coming down faster than expected and moving slightly to one side at the moment of touchdown Thursday, apparently caught a footpad on the lunar surface and tipped over onto its side, officials said Friday. Telemetry indicates the top of the spacecraft may be resting on a rock or the lander

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a galaxy in the early universe that’s so massive, it shouldn’t exist, posing a “significant challenge” to the standard model of cosmology, according to the study authors. The galaxy, called ZF-UDS-7329, contains more stars than the Milky Way, despite having formed only 800 million years into the

Fresh aurora pictures from a NASA astronaut is making us green with envy. Earlier this month, International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured absolutely stunning pictures of a flag-like green aurora stretching from the southern regions of the Earth far up into space. “The auroras from up here are spectacular,” NASA‘s Moghbeli told Space.com during

The full moon will appear a bit more petite in the sky tonight as the smallest full moon of 2024 rises. February’s Full Snow Moon will occur while the moon approaches its farthest point from Earth in its orbit, known as apogee. That means tonight’s full moon will appear up to 10% smaller in the

There was an electric moment on Feb. 22, when Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander, a rectangular prism built atop several slender metallic legs, touched down on the surface of the moon. Surely, moon landings are always a thrill. The descent of Japan’s SLIM probe (complications and all) was inspiring, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission rippled voltaic moments of