Satellite Missions/Shuttles

European Space Agency publishes a 3D model of the AntarcticCredit: © Planetary Visions (credit: ESA/Planetary Visions) The Antarctic is one of the parts of earth that we know the least about. Due to the massive ice shield, the collection…

Credit: ESA / ATG medialab CHEOPS (short for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) consists of a space telescope developed and assembled by the University of Bern, in collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE), and…

The Graphene Flagship identified the strategic advantages of integrating graphene into fibre composites, used to build planes and cars. The Graphene Flagship brought together top European researchers and companies to discuss the most…

Credit: (U.S. Navy/Released) WASHINGTON -- Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study the Sun's corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined. NRL's…

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun. With cutting-edge scientific instruments to measure…

Credit: NASA The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind. NASA's Parker Solar Probe was launched in August 2018. Its first results…

Close encounter with sun's corona reveals switchbacks that may accelerate wind particlesCredit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL A year ago, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any satellite in history, collecting a spectacular…

New data from the first two orbits by NASA's Parker Solar ProbeCredit: Image by Jamey Szalay and David McComas; Adapted with permission from D.J. McComas et al., Nature 575:7785 (2019) Outbursts of energetic particles that…

Data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) reveal start-to-finish sequence of an outburst from comet 46P/WirtanenCredit: Farnham et al./NASA University of Maryland astronomers have made the most complete and detailed…

This animation shows an explosive outburst of dust, ice and gases from comet 46P/Wirtanen that occurred on September 26, 2018 and dissipated over the next 20 days. The images, from... view more  Using data from NASA's Transiting…