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August 10, 2026
After seven months of negotiations, officials from the European Commission, ESA, EUSPA, and SpaceRISE have agreed to move into the implementation phase of IRIS2. The post Europe’s IRIS2…
The majority owner of Rocket Factory Augsburg is still confident the company will conduct its first orbital launch attempt this year despite a setback in testing. The post Tank problem delays first…
WARSAW, Poland — The Lithuanian space laser communications company Astrolight has signed a memorandum of understanding with ATMOS Space Cargo, to demonstrate in-flight optical communications link…
As Pluto edges further away from the sun, the chilly temperatures are causing its atmosphere to condense onto its barren surface as frost.
A cancelled spysat program in the early 1960s got a second life as an NRO program called LANYARD. Dwayne Day recounts the various problems LANYARD encountered, including technical issues, launch…
On 12 August 2026 , parts of Europe will experience a total solar eclipse . With the Sun's bright disc covered, its surrounding atmosphere – the solar corona – will become visible to the naked eye…
On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe. Since the bright solar disk is obscured, the surrounding atmosphere – the corona – will be visible to the naked eye…
The UN's Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Space established an "action team" in 2024 to study how to coordinate lunar activities. Giorgio Cardile offers an update on the team's work, including…
Space activities increasingly rely on automation and AI to make decisions faster than humans. Bharath Gopalaswamy and Daniel Dant describe how this creates challenges for determining what decisions…
Satellite activities are extensively logged, providing an audit trail for tracking down problems or determining blame. Burak Oktenli explains why the rise of quantum computing threatens the…
Synthetic aperture radar imagery had long been considered primarily a tool for defense applications. Kateryna Sergieieva discusses how commercial SAR systems have made such imagery available for…
Since it became operational in 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has released some truly breathtaking views of the cosmos. These images highlight how advancements since the days of the…
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On July 3, 2026, an invisible signal traveled across all of Europe. From Oberpfaffenhofen in Germany to Rome in Italy, the signal connected the Galileo Control Centre (GCC) with a…
On 3 July 2026, an invisible signal travelled across Europe. From Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, to Rome, Italy, the signal connected the Galileo Ground Control Centre to a Galileo Second Generation…
Giant trees have evolved remarkable adaptations that allow them to reach extreme heights while maintaining efficient water transport. The post Giant trees break a decades-old science theory first…
In the Carina Nebula, the telescope has observed a region shaped by the action of young stars
The European Space Agency (ESA) has extended and expanded the SSC Space satellite ground station services contract of for the Copernicus programme, the European Union’s Earth observation program…
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) and Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT) have signed a strategic partnership Agreement aimed at […] The post ARABSAT and Libya Telecom and…
This is the "sound" of interstellar space captured by the Voyager 1 probe between 2012 and 2013, about 18 billion kilometres from Earth…
SpaceX satellite internet service will first appear on an Airbus A320neo as the airline group begins a fleetwide rollout
On the night of 12 August 2026, the sky will offer two of the year's most anticipated astronomical events within hours of each other. First, the solar eclipse, total across a stretch that […]…
On Saturday 8 August at 9:35 am (Pacific time), SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East…
Anushtup Roy Choudhury from Kolkata, India Looming over the Himalayas in this vista are the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex and the Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592). The former’s blue reflection nebulae…
Written by Karolina Sarna Commercial Earth Observation has spent years improving satellite capabilities while searching for demand. In this edition of Inside EO, Karolina Sarna argues that value is…
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 9: The Moon and Mars This evening, the small constellation Lacerta sits just below cross-shaped Cygnus in the…
Ancient Maltese seafarers had both a complex cosmology and likely at least rudimentary skills in celestial navigation. It's thought that they used stars in the southern constellation of Crux to make…
Our Galaxy is not the ordered, stable system we have long imagined. The disk is crossed by disturbances, and the halo still bears traces of ancient mergers with […]…
NASA now has a crew, a date and clear objectives for its next…
Press Release No. 38–2026. Media representatives are invited to online press conferences in English, French and German ahead of the launch of the MTG-I2 weather satellite (…
