Space

SpaceX's mega rocket test flight ends with loss of spacecraft

The rocket and futuristic-looking spacecraft towers 121 metres, easily exceeding NASA’s past and present moon rockets.

14 March 2024

Space

Private company makes first US Moon landing in more than 50 years

The historic landing - the first for a private company - put the US back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers.

23 February 2024

Space

Private US company launches the latest attempt at a Moon landing

Intuitive Machines' lander Odysseus is looking to do what no private company has yet managed - to successfully touch down on the Moon's surface.

15 February 2024

Tech News

Euroviews. Europe must work together and develop space tech for its defence

European spending on space lags behind that of the US and China. If it is to be a major player in the space area, and even simply have the technology to protect itself, a more sweeping, continent-wide approach is required, Jean-Francois Morizur writes.

9 February 2024

Space

The Moon is shrinking. This is why it’s a problem

So-called "moonquakes" occur as the Moon becomes smaller, jeopardising the likelihood of future manned missions and the creation of outposts.

6 February 2024

Space

This space salad could fuel astronauts on missions to Mars and beyond

With an increasing focus on longer missions, it's essential to design meals that are both easy to grow in space and meet astronaut’s nutritional needs.

22 January 2024

Tech News

Euroviews. Should China’s space race advances be cause for concern in Europe?

Steel sharpens steel. Great people and great companies throughout history and across the world have taken inspiration even from their fiercest rivals, using them as fuel to keep working hard and improving, Bogdan Gogulan writes.

11 December 2023

Tech News

This Dutch company is planning to make babies in space

SpaceBorn has intentions to achieve the first conception and birth in space.

14 November 2023

Space

New satellite will track C02 released from polluters for first time

The satellite launched by a Canadian company will be able to detect carbon emissions from sites like coal plants from space for the first time.

12 November 2023

Space

'Alien' bodies return to Mexican congress as 'expert' testifies again

José Jaime Maussan caused a stir in September when he unveiled what he claimed were the 1,000-year-old fossils of "non-human beings" found in Peru.

8 November 2023

Space

Revealed: ESA releases first stunning images from the Euclid telescope

In newly released images from its Euclid telescope, the European Space Agency (ESA) has offered a glimpse of never-seen-before distant galaxies.

7 November 2023

Space

Scientists train astronauts to solve health emergencies in space

From ultrasound technology to pioneering surgical techniques in microgravity, radiology could play a major role in space medicine.

19 October 2023

Space

Scientists discover what happens when two giant ice planets collide

Researchers were caught by surprise when they observed what they believe to be the aftermath of two giant planets colliding.

11 October 2023

Space

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission: Here's what you need to know

NASA's latest deep space mission will analyse a metal-rich asteroid to unlock a greater understanding of how rocky planets like our own were formed.

11 October 2023

Space

Fossils of alleged 'alien' corpses put on display at Mexican Congress

The fossilised bodies presented in glass cases by journalist and UFO scientist Jaime Maussan at Mexico's parliament are said to be 1,000 years old.

13 September 2023

Space

Black holes may be lurking closer to Earth than previously thought

The closest black hole to Earth was thought to be 1,560 light-years away - but a new study suggests there could be one around 150 light-years away.

12 September 2023

Space

Nishimura: How to see the new comet in Europe before it disappears

Only discovered in August, comet Nishimura is currently passing the Earth for the first time in more than 400 years.

11 September 2023

World News

Euroviews. Europe has a productivity problem. It can be solved from space

Innovation in the sector has a beneficial knock-on effect in all of the numerous sectors it touches. To put it more simply, if the space sector flourishes, almost every other sector thrives, too, Bogdan Gogulan writes.

24 August 2023

Mobility

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into Moon, Roscosmos says

Roscosmos said it lost contact with the spacecraft on Saturday after it ran into trouble while preparing for its pre-landing orbit of the Moon.

20 August 2023

Tech News

India launches rocket into space on historic moon mission

If this mission is successful, India will become the fourth country to land on the moon’s surface.

14 July 2023