The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 will return to Earth next December to deliver its asteroid samples to us. But that wont be the end of the story. JAXA has just announced the extension of the mission and targets a new asteroid. A few years ago, JAXA, the Japanese space agency, set itself an ambitio

As SpaceXs Starlink project continues to develop, the United States military has commissioned a study. Recently published, it was interested in the possibility of using the projects satellites to deploy a system more efficient than GPS. A possible alternative to GPS The least we can say is that Elo

A Falcon 9 (finally) took off on Tuesday, October 6 to deliver a new batch of Starlink satellites to low orbit, after two launch delays. SpaceX has again recovered the first stage of its launcher, but also the two halves of its fairing. Sixty new satellites have just joined SpaceXs Starlink mega-co

What if our world isnt the best place to live? American researchers believe that some planets are more conducive to the development and maintenance of life than the Earth. Earth, the only planet known to harbor life, is a fortiori considered the most favorable ground for the emergence and developme

Starting from Earth more than two years ago, Starman, installed in Elon Musks Tesla Roadster, has since moved closer to the red planet. But hes just passing through. It was February 2018. A Tesla Roadster, Elon Musks personal car, was placed in orbit with a dummy at the wheel named Starman. A first

The Russian space agency Roscomos has just presented Amur, its new project for a medium launcher whose first stage will be reusable. In appearance, the rocket is very similar to SpaceXs Falcon 9. For the past few years, SpaceX has been revolutionizing the aerospace market by lowering the price of p

The US Space Force plans to launch military astronauts into space one day. On the other hand, these deployments will not be made for several decades, according to officials of the new branch of the American army. A little over two years ago, President Donald Trump declared his intention to develop

A few days ago, a group of researchers submitted a paper to the National Academy of Sciences, arguing for the creation of a SETI radio telescope on the face hidden from the moon. But for what, exactly? The SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence ) brings together researchers aiming to detec

Members of the Hoh Tribe in Washington State (USA) recently gained access to the high-speed internet offered by the Starlink constellation . And obviously, they are delighted. You wont have missed it. For several months, SpaceX has been steadily deploying new Starlink satellites into low orbit with

The Breakthrough Initiatives project will fund a study to further the discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. Bio-signature expert Sara Seager will lead the research team. On September 14, the Royal Astronomical Society announced an intriguing discovery:astronomers have indeed isolated t

Far from our planets woes, the Sun has had a rather quiet year. A recent review of its activity confirms what many have suspected for a few months:our star has entered a new solar cycle since December 2019. We have known since the middle of the 18th century that our Sun evolves according to a cycle

Of all the planets in the Solar System, Neptune is the most distant. It is also the most peaceful, at least in appearance. And for good reason, this ice giant is coated in a bluish atmosphere. But why such a color? Positioned about 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, Neptune is the only planet inv

A team of astronomers announces the discovery of a huge, still intact planet orbiting around a much smaller white dwarf. A first which, according to the researchers, opens up a whole new field of exoplanetary research. As ​​a Sun-type star ages, it begins to swell until it becomes a red giant. When

The aerospace company Dynetics has just offered NASA a full-size model of its future lander. The project could be selected by the space agency to transport astronauts to the Moon in 2024. Last May, NASA announced that it had awarded three contracts to begin the development of landers allowing the n

An analysis of data collected by the Cassini probe proves that fresh ice regularly lines the northern hemisphere of Enceladus. Details of the study are published in the journal Icarus. In 2017, after thirteen years in the Saturn system and more than twenty years criss-crossing space, NASAs Cassini

An American production company plans to produce a reality TV show that pits multiple people against each other in a space life training contest. The key:a ten-day stay on board the ISS. The price of a ticket to space is relatively expensive, so your only chance to appreciate the Earth seen from abo

The return of American astronauts to the Moon, scheduled for 2024, will cost NASA no less than $28 billion, including $16 billion for the lander. NASA officials Jim Bridenstine, Kathy Lueders, James Reuter and Thomas Zurbuchen provided some details about the Artemis program, as part of a press conf

Astronomers announce the discovery of a new world circling its star in 3.14 days. Naturally, they named it planet Pi, in reference to the universal mathematical constant. Details of the study are published in The Astronomical Journal . Almost two years after its scrapping, the Kepler space telescop

Could Venus clouds harbor life? Thats the question Peter Beck, Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, would like to answer. To do this, he intends to send a spacecraft directly on site in 2023. A few days ago, the Royal Astronomical Society announced that it had isolated phosphine in the clouds of Venus, a

Our planet is expected to capture a new mini-moon between October 2020 and May 2021. But the nature of this object is debated. According to some researchers, it is indeed possible that its origin is artificial. Earth has only one natural satellite:the Moon. However, from time to time, smaller objec