Virgin Galactic completes final test flight before taking customers into space
Virgin Galactic completed what is expected to be its final test flight on Thursday before taking paying customers on brief trips to space, marking what the space tourism company described as a “fantastic achievement” in what
Thousands gather to enjoy spectacle of rare hybrid solar eclipse
Under a cloudless sky, about 20,000 eclipse chasers watched a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia’s northwest coast into brief midday darkness on Thursday with an accompanying temperature drop. The remote tourist town of Exmouth,
Europe’s Juice spacecraft lifts off to explore Jupiter’s moons
A European spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter in a mission to explore whether its ocean-bearing moons can support life. The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), blasted off on an Ariane 5
ESA gearing up for mission to discover if Jupiter’s moons can support life
A European spacecraft is about to embark on a 6.6 billion km journey to explore whether Jupiter’s ocean-bearing moons can support life. The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), will be heading towards the
Call for ‘highway code’ to tackle space junk
Aerospace and satellite companies are urging governments around the world to adopt a “highway code” to tackle space junk. The Space Safety Coalition (SSC), an international organisation of satellite operators, aerospace companies and industry representatives, has
Galaxies data ‘a milestone’ for James Webb Space Telescope mission
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has confirmed four galaxies dating to when the universe was around 300–500 million years old. The telescope was designed to probe the early universe and initial surveys have
