Ruling like clockwork, a distant galaxy has been lighting up like fireworks since at least 2014. According to a team of astronomers, these repetitive events testify to the slow agony of a star trapped around a black hole. It all started a little over six years ago, in November 2014. At the time, as

California-based Virgin Orbits LauncherOne rocket finally made it to space on its second attempted powered test flight this Sunday. And thats not all:the rocket has also successfully deployed ten small satellites. While all companies have chosen to launch their rockets vertically, Virgin Orbit is a

Astronomers have just confirmed the existence of a planet in a triple system 1800 light years from Earth. This world is particularly unusual due to its odd orbital alignment. It all started in 2009, shortly after the commissioning of the Kepler mission. Now retired, the space telescope had at the t

A study recent based on observations from the New Horizons probe suggests that the Universe is darker than we thought. In other words, the number of galaxies, whose glow is invisible to us, but which are nevertheless very present, would be less important than expected. From our point of view, it i

In the Universe, gas giants could form more easily than previously thought, suggests a study focused on WASP-107b. You will find this cotton candy planet, so called because of its low density, about 211 light-years from Earth. The solar system is made up of diverse and varied planets. You will find

After they should have been running for at least eight minutes, the engines of NASAs Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket deployed for future manned missions towards the Moon, cut off after only one minute. This is a new blow for the American agency, which still plans to launch the first mission of

Astronomers may have detected the fingerprints of axions, ghost particles that have been theorized for decades. As a reminder, these particles are also considered as candidates for the mysterious dark matter. A neutron star forms when the core of a massive star collapses under the effect of gravity

Concerned by the emergence of SpaceX and growing competition from a new generation of Chinese rockets, the European Union is aiming for a more aggressive space strategy. Over the past few decades, Europe has sought to unchain America and Russia to become a full-fledged player in the space industry.

NASA will begin the first work to upgrade the ISS solar arrays this year. The goal:to ensure that the station has sufficient power to continue operating at least until 2028. Like the rest of us, the International Space Station is aging. Maintaining it in working order is also costly. To this end, N

A Finnish researcher proposes to create a human colony in orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. This option, he says, would be a more viable alternative to Mars colonization. As American astronauts prepare to return to the Moon as part of the Artemis missions, remember that s

SpaceX just launched a new batch of Starlink satellites from Florida, reusing one of its boosters for the eighth time. A record. SpaceX, which has just ended its 2020 year with no less than 26 successful launches, beating its previous record of 21 launches set in 2018, has just closed the second mi

Using the eROSITA X-ray telescope, astronomers have spotted a filament of intergalactic matter spanning almost fifty million light-years. It is the longest ever discovered. The distribution of matter is not uniform in the Universe. If you take a long, long step back, you will indeed notice that its

The size of a tennis court, the James Webb Telescopes five-layer sunshade was recently successfully deployed at NASA facilities. This milestone brings us closer to its planned launch next year. The James Webb Telescope is one of the most anticipated space observatories, with a launch normally sched

A team of astronomers recently focused on GN-z11, considered for some years to be the oldest galaxy detected. From our point of view, the researchers confirm that this galaxy is indeed the most distant ever observed. Measuring the distance of galaxies As soon as it was discovered about four years a

China successfully completed the first launch of its new Long March 8 medium-lift rocket on Tuesday. Eventually, it is also possible that these launchers will be reusable. The Long March 8 has officially joined the list of Chinese launchers in operation. The rocket lifted off from the Wenchang laun

Analysis of a small meteorite fragment that fell to Earth a dozen years ago has identified a new parent body once as massive as the dwarf planet Ceres. In 2008, an asteroid (2008 TC3) about four meters in diameter and weighing about nine tons entered the Earths atmosphere before exploding in additi

Blue Origins future New Glenn rocket will soon join NASAs commercial launcher fleet to operate flights from the mid-2021s. Eventually, this launcher could also send humans into space. Blue Origin is an American company created in 2000 by Jeff Bezos (Amazon). The company, concretely, presents itself

This is not a scoop:the Moon is coveted by different states and societies for the exploitation of its resources. What about the risks of conflict? For a researcher, these risks are very real and the situation could degenerate quite quickly in the absence of common rules. Disputed polar regions At t

The Japanese probe Hayabusa-2 returned to Earth in early December with samples from the asteroid Ruygu in its capsule. But that was not the end of his journey. JAXA is now targeting a new asteroid recently photographed by the Subaru Telescope. On December 6, the Hayabusa-2 probe returned to Earth t

After a year 2020 marked by the first test flight of the Starship, SpaceXs future reusable interplanetary ship, Elon Musk plans to multiply the tests from the start of the next year. A first prototype of the Falcon Heavy booster will also be deployed. SpaceX plans to ramp up its Starship developmen