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Proba-3's First Results Are Already Rewriting What We Thought We Knew About Solar Wind
43+ min ago (927+ words) ESA's Proba-3 mission has reportedly delivered its first scientific results, and the data has caught solar physicists off guard. The twin-satellite formation, designed to create artificial solar eclipses in orbit, measured solar wind speeds in the sun's inner corona that…...
NATO seeks industry input for air defence sensing trials
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (277+ words) The initiative, known as Eastern Sentry, is being led in partnership with MIT Lincoln Laboratory and is intended to inform the design of NATO's next-generation Integrated Air and Missile Defence architecture, the UK Defence Journal understands. Industry and research organisations…...
Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on April 13, 2026
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (290+ words) We're just a few days away from the New Moon, so there's not much of the Moon illuminated tonight. This means we're approaching the end of the current lunar cycle, which spans about 29. 5 days as the Moon orbits Earth. As…...
Bhupal Dev offers new look at how the Universe evolved
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (393+ words) A new study led by Indian American researcher Bhupal Dev at Washington University in St. Louis offers a new way to explain certain puzzling observations about how the Universe evolved. New research by Dev, an associate professor of physics in…...
Artemis II live stream, watch re-entry to splashdown online
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (287+ words) NASA's historic Artemis II mission comes to an end on Friday, April 10, when the spacecraft returns from the moon in an unprecedented landing in the Pacific Ocean. Live streaming of the re-entry to Earth will be on several platforms, from…...
Artemis II splashdown highlights: Orion splashes down in the Pacific, Moon voyage complete
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (316+ words) Thanks for joining us on this historic coverage. This Live blog has now ended." All four astronauts have been safely extracted and recovered from the capsule." The Orion spacecraft has been powered down. The crew will be extracted by the…...
When Saare jahan se achha echoed in space as Rakesh Sharma made history
1+ week, 3+ day ago (351+ words) The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is preparing to launch Indian astronauts to space on an indigenous spacecraft. But the ambitions of Indian human spaceflight began decades ago. On April 3, 1984, India etched its name into the annals of space history…...
NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission
1+ week, 5+ day ago (643+ words) In a throwback to Apollo, NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They'll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back. No circling around the moon, no stopping…...
Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch
1+ week, 6+ day ago (697+ words) By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer Now in their 80s and 90s, the dwindling survivors of NASA's greatest generation would also like to see more enthusiasm for Artemis. So few of them are left from the original 400, 000 that no reunion is planned…...
Artemis II astronauts arrive at Florida launch site for first moon trip in 53 years
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