The Fram2 mission, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, has returned after a journey on a unprecedented polar orbit.

Unveiled at the 2025 Paris Air Show in late June, the fully electric MONA LUNA rover represents a major leap for Europe's ...

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS ...

Solar panels already power the International Space Station, but for the Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) to deliver energy to Earth, the researchers needed to develop solar energy transfer systems ...

It was a Northern Light show of interstellar proportions. Stunning footage shot from space captured the stunning moment that the aurora borealis appeared to dance over the Earth — in the wake of ...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored ...

Earth’s space junk problem isn’t just growing—it’s accelerating. According to the European Space Agency’s latest Space Environment Report, 2024 saw some of the largest debris-generating ...

The space rock, which briefly had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, is now expected to pass safely. The astronomer who invented the scale used to measure such risks explains the dizzying shifts.

Six of Blue Ghost’s payloads are already sending initial data back to Earth, while one payload, LuGRE, began its science operations, according to a Firefly Aerospace statement. “Developed by ...

Why is space debris a problem? There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft stranded in orbit for more than half a century is now on a collision course with Earth. Kosmos 482—originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact.The threat is all ...