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Japan's ispace aiming to be first company to land on the Moon

If the landing on Tuesday is successful, Japanese company ispace will become the first private business to have a presence on the Moon.

25/04/2023

Mobility

Mysterious spiral captured amid Northern Lights in the skies of Alaska

It may look like a galaxy up close, or even a portal to another dimension - what caused this odd spiral to appear in Alaska's night sky?

18/04/2023

USA

SpaceX calls off first launch attempt of giant new rocket

Monday's launch attempt was called off due to a stuck valve in the first-stage booster but there could be another try later this week from South Texas.

17/04/2023

Mobility

SpaceX calls off launch of Starship rocket minutes before lift-off

The most powerful rocket ever built was set to go on its first flight on Monday, before shooting for the Moon - and Mars.

17/04/2023

Mobility

JUICE mission launches to hunt for alien life on Jupiter's icy moons

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft lifted off on Friday, a day later than planned after the launch was postponed due to bad weather.

14/04/2023

Mobility

What to know about ESA's JUICE mission to find life on Jupiter’s moons

ESA is launching a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and its icy moons on Friday. Here’s everything you need to know about the JUICE mission.

13/04/2023

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NASA unveils 'Mars' habitat for year-long experiments on Earth

Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveils a new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like for future missions to Earth's neighbour.

12/04/2023

Mobility

How a backyard photographer helped capture the Sun like never before

Putting together around 90,000 photographs of the Sun, astrophotographers Andrew McCarthy and Jason Guenzel captured a dazzling fiery show.

08/04/2023

Space

James Webb gets best view yet of hot Earth-like exoplanet

Researchers used the JWST to measure the temperature of a rocky exoplanet in the promising TRAPPIST-1 star system.

29/03/2023

Ukraine

Why is a Ukrainian Space company taking Russia to court for €530m?

CheZaRa, a Ukrainian company providing equipment for spacecraft, was all but destroyed during the Russian bombardment of Chernihiv. Now the company is suing for compensation. But sanctions on Russia mean it has had to think creatively.

28/03/2023

Home

Humans on the Moon and Mars could live in homes made from potatoes

Scientists have created a new building material from potato starch which, with a pinch of salt, could help build houses on the Moon and Mars.

27/03/2023

Mobility

World's first 3D-printed rocket launches but fails to reach orbit

Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket finally lifted off on Wednesday night. But it failed three minutes into flight, far short of orbit.

23/03/2023

Mobility

'External impact' caused leak on Russian spacecraft docked with ISS

It's the second leak in the space of a few months reported on a Russian spacecraft, which raised concerns it may be a manufacturing fault.

22/02/2023

World News

Are UFOs flying over the US? We asked the experts to find out

Several unidentified flying objects have been spotted in the United States, leading some to ask if they are aliens or something more sinister. Euronews asked the experts to find out.

16/02/2023

Climate

Could rocket launches reopen the ozone hole?

According to researchers at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, rockets ‘punching’ through the stratosphere could contribute to ozone depletion.

06/02/2023

Home

Humans on the Moon and Mars could live in homes 'grown' from mushrooms

With the help of NASA, architects are working on a prototype that uses a mixture of algae and fungi to "grow" houses on the Moon and Mars.

02/02/2023

Mobility

How to spot the rare 'green comet' everyone is talking about

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn’t been viewed by human eyes since the Stone Age.

31/01/2023

Europe News

Attacks on satellites becoming more common, says EU's top diplomat

Josep Borrell was speaking at the European Space Conference in Brussels on Tuesday.

24/01/2023

Scenes

Meet the futuristic farmer growing vegetables vertically in Georgia

In partnership with Media City

“Vertical farming can help us grow more vegetables with less space, less water, and zero pesticides,” says Tusya Garibashvili, who co-founded of Space Farms.

23/01/2023

Mobility

Astronomers spot black hole whipping a star into a doughnut shape

It’s estimated that this sort of stellar shredding happens only a few times every 100,000 years in most galaxies

16/01/2023