ESA’s Gaia observatory has found its first transiting exoplanet
The European Space Agency announced March 30 that its Gaia astronomical observatory had identified its first transiting exoplanet.
Launched in 2013, Gaia was tasked with...
Chinese lunar lander begins collecting sample after touchdown
The Chinese Chang'e 5 lunar lander has begun collecting samples from the surface of the Moon after a successful touchdown.
The Chang'e 5 mission was...
NASA Asteroid Sample Stowed for its Journey Back to Earth
A sample that was collected from the surface of the Bennu asteroid by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was stowed successfully on October 28 in preparation...
NASA Collects Sample from Asteroid 321 Million Kilometres from Earth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft appears to have successfully collected a sample from the surface of the Bennu asteroid located 321 million kilometres from Earth.
Bennu...
James Webb Telescope Launch Scheduled for October 21, 2021
NASA has announced that the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed. The delay is the latest for a program that...
NASA Are Preparing to Start in Fire Inside a Spacecraft
NASA is preparing to conduct its fourth Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (Saffire) aboard the SS Robert H. Lawrence.
In order to study how a...
Hubble Captures Cosmic Light Show as Comet ATLAS Disintegrates
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular cosmic event. The celebrated telescope observed comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) disintegrating approximately 146 million kilometers (91...
Researchers Observe Super-Heated Exoplanet Where it Rains Iron
Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have observed a super-heated exoplanet where they suspect it rains liquid iron.
With the use of the...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured a 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama of Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has released a 1.8-billion-pixel panoramic image of the surface of Mars. The image was captured by the agency’s Curiosity rover...
NASA Awards $170 Million Psyche Launch Contact to SpaceX
NASA has selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to carry the agency’s Psyche mission. The mission will explore an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars...