SpaceX launches Turkey’s first home-grown communication satellite
SpaceX, an US private aerospace company owned by Elon Musk, successfully launched Turkey’s first indigenously built communication satellite, Turksat 6A. …
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ESA completes final design of a spacecraft to bring Martian samples
The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed the final design of the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) spacecraft on July 5, 2024, …
Webb captures cosmic jewelled ring of a quasar
James Webb Space Telescope has captured multiple images of a distant quasar known as RX J1131-1231, which seems like a …
Parker Solar Probe completes its 20th close approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which has been orbiting the sun since 2018, has completed its 20th close approach (called perihelion) …
ESA’s orbiter captures a 600 km long groove on Mars
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express orbiter has captured an uneven, roughly 600-km-long groove with steep walls on either …
Large asteroids in the asteroid belt come from outside, a study suggests
The large asteroids in the asteroid belt, like Vesta, didn’t form in the main asteroid belt itself. They probably formed …
Starliner astronauts are not stuck on the ISS, NASA officials say
Two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are testing Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft, are not stuck aboard the …
EarthCARE satellite reveals internal cloud structure from space
The cloud profiling radar instrument on the EarthCARE satellite revealed its first image, which shows the internal structure of clouds …
NASA contracts SpaceX to destroy the ISS after retirement
NASA has selected Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to build a deorbit vehicle for the safe and controlled atmospheric reentry of …
Jupiter’s atmosphere around the Great Red Spot surprises astronomers
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that Jupiter’s upper atmosphere around the Great Red Spot is surprisingly …