Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, has set up a task force to ensure that the first launch of Ariane 6 can be operated on before the end of next year. A flexible and competitive launcher Ariane 6 is a medium-heavy launcher developed by Ariangroup, for the European Spac

Scientists have spent the past few years tracking a curious space rock called 2014 UN271, which many consider to be a massive comet. The object is currently approaching the Sun and is expected to reach the closest point of its incredible revolution in 2031. 2014 UN271 is a comet identified in Dark

Some exoplanets have already benefited or will soon benefit from a direct line of sight to Earth according to a team of astronomers. With methods similar to ours, some civilizations, if they exist, could also detect signs of life in our atmosphere. Over the past few years, several missions have bee

Venus may still be geologically active. In a recent study, supported by observations made by the Magellan mission, researchers have identified several pieces of crust visibly deformed in the recent past. This work could allow us to learn more about the early Earth. Long held in the background behin

A study suggests that the most extreme space weather events, like solar storms, are more predictable than previously thought. The second half of this new decade, during which the United States aims to set foot on the Moon, could also be particularly at risk, warn researchers. In 2017, the Trump adm

Two new citizen science projects from NASA invite you to unearth new planets from your couch. Among these data, compiled by the TESS satellite, may be an Earth 2.0. In 2018, NASA launched TESS, a new exoplanet hunter. The satellite had the heavy responsibility of succeeding the iconic Kepler telesc

Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds a number of space records, will return to the ISS as part of a private mission developed by Axiom Space. Launch is scheduled for mid-2022 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Peggy A. Whitson, American astronaut and biochemist, is a NASA legend. Having

Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, is working on the development of a mission to explore Jupiter. During this journey, which is expected to last approximately fifty months, the nuclear-powered vessel will make two pit stops. Exploring the Jovian System So far, only NASA has reached Jupit

Recently, US researchers presented a robotic gripper whose end goal is to collect space debris that experts are concerned about. However, this clamp is equipped with an adhesive which is not sticky. A grippy, but not sticky texture As we recalled in December 2020, the ESA estimates that there are m

NASA is preparing to launch several thousand Tardigrades and nearly 130 small squids to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the 22nd resupply mission of SpaceX. Under space stress, these organisms could help prepare for future long-duration human space travel. Astronauts aboard the ISS

Space debris recently struck and damaged the robotic arm of Canadarm2 on the International Space Station (ISS). If the structure is still operational, this incident reminds us that low Earth orbit is full of objects too small to be tracked. More than 23,000 pieces of debris are tracked in low Earth

South Korea has just signed the Artemis Accords, which govern the fundamental principles to which NASA and its partners will have to comply on and around the Moon. This signature comes as the country wants to send a lander to our satellite before 2030. You will have noticed that NASA wants to retur

One of the most radioresistant organisms in the world is called Conan the Bacteria, in reference to the film Conan the Barbarian from 1982. Apart from cosmic radiation, this incredible bacterium can withstand many other extreme situations and conditions. Conan the bacteria in the Guinness book Cona

The James Webb Telescope will not launch on October 31, as originally planned. For now, no other date has been set, but a priori, the observatory will not reach space before mid-November. The James Webb Telescope is not its first report. The instrument was originally to be launched in 2018. Since t

NASA just announced the development of not one, but two new missions to Venus this decade. The last time that the American agency rubbed shoulders with the planet closest to Earth was in 1989 with the launch of Magellan. For the first time in over three decades, NASA will finally return to Venus. A

The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has teamed up with Sony, Doshisha University and toymaker Tomy to develop a small robot the size of a baseball. Its objective will be to analyze the surface of the Moon to prepare for the arrival of a future manned vehicle. It weighs only 250 grams for about eight c

A recent published document suggests that the US Air Force would like to rely on SpaceXs Starship to deliver Cargo to Earth in record time. If so, the vehicle could provide the United States with military logistics capabilities that no other force on the planet could match. In its latest justificat

US probe Juno is preparing to flirt with the largest moon in the Solar System:Ganymede. This is a first in twenty years. This overview will allow researchers to make new analyzes of the object, preparing the passage for the next generation of missions to the Jovian system. A highly anticipated over

By smashing lead particles together at more than 99.9% of the speed of light, physicists were able to recreate and analyze the first form of matter from the universe, which appeared just after the Big Bang. And according to them, this material had less resistance to flow than any other known substan

This Thursday, June 10, 2021, residents of Canada, Greenland, the Arctic and Russia will be able to enjoy a beautiful annular solar eclipse. As for France, it will only be partial. The best visibility area will be in the northwest of the country. What is an annular eclipse? An eclipse is defined as