Space probes: machines for observing worlds, the Sun and the universe
Probes and other space observatories do not perform a single task: each mission is designed to investigate different targets. NASA highlights, am...
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Probes and other space observatories do not perform a single task: each mission is designed to investigate different targets. NASA highlights, am...
Some 55 million light-years away, NGC 4698 has a bulge extending at a right angle to its disc, while its innermost stars and gas rotate perpendic...
The Solar System is not limited to the planets shown in familiar diagrams. NASA’s figures include hundreds of moons and millions of smaller bodie...
A guide to ongoing astronomy missions and projects, the data they are preparing, and a growing concern: the potential impact of satellite constel...
A NASA reference mentions a total solar eclipse from Greenland on August 14, 2026. ESA, meanwhile, displays orbital data for the International Sp...
NASA said on September 28, 2026, that four countries had joined the Artemis Accords, bringing the total to 76. The accords reaffirm commitments c...
The resumption of IXPE data delivery, an image from Webb and plans for Roman offer a snapshot of space activity. The available sources, however,...
A cautious guide to skywatching in 2026: what NASA sources say about June and August, how location affects visibility, and which details are stil...
Chandra released a new catalog version; Gaia is preparing a future data release, and the Roman Space Telescope is targeting a 2026 launch. Meanwh...
The history of robotic exploration is not preserved in a single account. NASA’s historical resources offer several entry points: primary document...
Rockets carry satellites, probes and other payloads beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Ariane 6 and the Space Launch System show two current configuratio...
A cautious review of what institutional sources say about Gaia, Roman, Webb and observing the sky: what is announced, what it means and what stil...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, an infrared observatory, was scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center on August 30, 2026. The sources provided...
BepiColombo, a joint mission of the European Space Agency and Japan’s JAXA, is designed to study Mercury with two orbiters. Separation of its tra...
A responsible guide to the sky begins by distinguishing astronomical events from spaceflight news—and by acknowledging when the date needed to ch...
A review of several ongoing astronomy missions and facilities, their announced updates, and the limits of what the available information can esta...
NASA lists eight planets, five officially named dwarf planets, and a far larger population of moons, asteroids and comets. Its missions study eve...
Twenty-five Homo antecessor remains, new clues about the people represented in the group, and institutional space updates: what is known and what...