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Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium” ne...

Timelapse showing the steps to build the most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

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Faster, more secure connections from space could one day make broadband on planes, ships and even remote roads as easy as turning on a light. The European Sp...

Two heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal new detail in a mysterious, little-studied nebula sur...

With launch planned for later this year, testing is well underway to ensure the MetOp Second Generation-B1 weather satellite is ready for its life in orbit a...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus’s ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped b...

London (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international collaboration to construct the first three-dimensional view of Ura...

Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled ac...

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For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and char...

This first launch of the four-booster version of Ariane 6, operated by Arianespace, took 32 satellites for Amazon’s Leo constellation to low-Earth orbit. Lif...

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Many students learn memory tricks to remember the order of the Solar System's planets, with rocky worlds close to the S...

Kourou (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket Thursday carried 32 satellites into space for the Amazon Leo network, whi...

"You absolutely have to have a plan to compete with SpaceX on price."

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Europe's Ariane 6 launcher has completed its first mission using a four booster configuration, delivering a full suite...

The more powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed a group of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit on the vehicle’s inaugural la...

At 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET the first Ariane 6 rocket with four boosters lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 12 February, taking 32 Amazon Leo...

The first flight of Ariane 64, the more powerful four-booster variant of the Ariane 6 rocket, has been successfully launched from French Guiana. The rocket c...

Watch the broadcast for the launch of Ariane 6 Flight VA267, the first mission featuring the four-booster configuration.

From the ESA Blogs.

From the ESA Blogs.

At 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET the first Ariane 6 rocket with four boosters lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 12 February, taking 32 Amazon Leo...

Scientists used the European Space Agency's Cheops satellite to discover that the planetary system around the star LHS 1903 challenges current planet formati...

Arianespace is set to launch the most powerful configuration of its Ariane 6 vehicle for… The post Inaugural Ariane 64 to launch Amazon Leo satellites from...

From the ESA Blogs.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Gas giants are large planets composed mainly of hydrogen and helium with dense cores but no solid surfaces. Astronomer...

The launch manifest is full this week, with eight launches scheduled from different launch sites… The post Launch Preview: Vulcan to launch USSF-87, SpaceX...

For its most powerful flight yet, Ariane 6 lifts off for the first time with four boosters.

From the ESA Blogs.

The journey of Juice

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and planetary system...

A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures in the universe – started to assemble only about a billion ye...

Data from Chandra adds red, green, and blue twinkling lights in this Dec. 22, 2025, image of Pismis 24 from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Pismis 24 is a...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of the observable universe closer to cosmic...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of its observations closer to cosm...