The sun appears to have woken from its slumber with an impulsive X-class solar flare, the most powerful class of solar flare. The dramatic eruption originated from sunspot region 3912, reaching its peak at 4:06 a.m. EST (0906 GMT) on Dec. 8, and was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME) — a...

In October, a Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) team developed Nigeria’s first Mars rover prototype, Trailblazer. The team secured second place at the African Rover Challenge, a competition showcasing engineering talent across the continent. They received a prize of ZAR 2,000 (USD 113.9). The African...

SpaceX launched another batch of its broadband satellites from Florida (Dec. 8). A Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday at 12:12 a.m. EST (0512 GMT). The rocket’s first...

 Iran successfully launched on Friday its heaviest space payload, which includes a satellite and a space tug, using a domestically developed satellite carrier, official media reported. Weighing 300 kilograms, the payload consisted of the Fakhr-1 telecommunications satellite and the Saman-1 space...

A SpaceX cargo capsule is set to head back toward Earth on Dec. 12, and you can watch the action live. A robotic Dragon freighter will undock from the International Space Station‘s (ISS) Harmony module on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 11:05 a.m. EST (1605 GMT), if all goes according to plan. An...

Europe’s Vega-C rocket returned to flight Thursday (Dec. 5) with a successful mission, two years after suffering a catastrophic failure. Vega-C, which is operated by the French company Arianespace, launched the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite on Thursday, lifting off from...

Last week, China successfully debuted its new launch vehicle Long March-12, delivering two experimental satellites into orbit and marking the inaugural flight from the country’s first commercial spaceport that will support the country’s upcoming surge in commercial space activity...

A European mission that will use two satellites to create artificial eclipses in Earth orbit launched early Thursday morning (Dec. 5) after a 24-hour delay. The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Proba-3 formation-flying mission lifted off atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from...

The Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to develop an SKAO Africa Programme within the next 12 months. The programme will focus on developing human capital in radio astronomy and...