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Space Industry Scotland is quietly building one of Europe's most advanced space ecosystems CubeSats, rocket startups, and a Shetland launch site are redefining the UK's orbital future By Skye Jacobs, January 14, 2026, 9:31 AM
Science Space Hubble observes Cloud-9, a failed galaxy dominated by dark matter A "failed" galaxy telling secrets about the early stages of universe formation? By Alfonso Maruccia, January 7, 2026, 3:04 PM 8 comments
Science Space Gravitational microlensing reveals new Saturn-sized rogue planet drifting through the cosmos The wandering object breaks traditional conventions for planetary formation By Alfonso Maruccia, January 5, 2026, 3:37 PM
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Space Science Solar Orbiter sends back first live observations from the Sun's south pole The Sun's south pole is a messy place, as far as magnetism is concerned By Alfonso Maruccia, June 13, 2025, 11:32 AM
Science Space Euclid spacecraft captures 26 million galaxies in just one week "Just think of the discoveries that await us" By Skye Jacobs, March 20, 2025, 7:43 AM
Science Space European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission to create artificial solar eclipses in space Proba-3 will observe closer to the Sun's edge than any space or Earth-based instrument has before By Skye Jacobs, December 3, 2024, 9:03 AM
Space Euclid space telescope will produce the largest map of the universe ever ESA shares spellbinding teaser of its forthcoming cosmic atlas By Shawn Knight, October 17, 2024, 1:16 PM
Space Science Stellar showcase: Webb spotlights dazzling super star cluster Westerlund 1 The biggest super star cluster in the Milky Way By Shawn Knight, October 10, 2024, 11:03 AM
Science Space Scientists discover exoplanet orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light years from Earth It orbits the star in just over three days and might have three neighbors By Daniel Sims, October 3, 2024, 9:21 AM
Space Science First-ever slingshot around Earth and the Moon results in fantastic new photos Leveraging gravitational slingshots to reach Jupiter By Daniel Sims, August 20, 2024, 8:57 PM 8 comments
Science Space Astronomers detected the most massive stellar black hole in the Milky Way Discovered by chance, because its companion star had a strange "wobbling" motion By Alfonso Maruccia, April 17, 2024, 2:06 PM
Space Science Debris from the International Space Station confirmed to have hit a Florida home Spent ISS batteries hit the surface around the Gulf of Mexico By Daniel Sims, April 17, 2024, 12:58 PM 15 comments
Science Space Scientists discover ring around dwarf planet but can't explain it Ring orbits beyond Quaoar's Roche Limit but hasn't formed a moon By Daniel Sims, February 9, 2023, 4:28 PM 11 comments
Science Space The European Space Agency plans to 'intercept' and photograph a comet from the 'dawn' of our Solar System The mission will reach 'launch readiness' in eight years By Cohen Coberly, June 19, 2019, 5:26 PM