Since July 2025, the European Space Agency's pair of Proba-3 satellites has already created 57 artificial solar eclipses. So ...

Images of the space around the sun show the comet approaching the star intact—but only a shower of debris came the other side ...

Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) didn't survive its close encounter with the Sun, ruining its chances of brightening up the night skies ...

Two spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency launched on top of an Indian rocket Thursday, kicking off a mission to test novel formation flying technologies and observe a rarely seen slice of ...

The much-heralded Comet MAPS, proclaimed by some as "The Great Easter Comet," met its end this past Saturday (April 4). The ...

This depiction of the Great Comet of 1843 from March of that year shows its incredibly luminous tail more than 45 degrees ...

Italy’s Argotec has officially opened its first U.S. satellite production facility, cementing a foothold near Kennedy Space ...

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a ...

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PARIS — The European Space Agency announced Thursday it has re-established communication with a spacecraft that is part of its Proba-3 mission, after losing contact with the satellite a month ago.

Sungrazer’ comet MAPS was destroyed during a close solar pass on April 4, but comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will peak around ...