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On September 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) made history as the first spacecraft to fly by a comet, Giacobini-Zinner, a mission that was a

The UK government has unveiled a 'refreshed approach to space' with a £7.8 billion investment until 2030, aiming to boost communications, defense capabilities,

Samtel Avionics and Japan's BULL Co., Ltd. have signed an MoU to explore combining passive and active space debris removal technologies, addressing the growing

The European Space Agency (ESA) is exploring cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on human space flight, lunar, and Venus missions, bu

Researchers aboard a private jet observed the controlled reentry and burn-up of two European Space Agency satellites, Tango and Samba, over the southern Pacific

The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a decagonal cloud pattern around Saturn's South Pole, contrasting with the hexagonal pattern previously observed at its

The Orthodox church, through Malankara Association secretary Biju Oommen, has requested the government to exclude inhabited areas and agricultural land from the

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of the young galaxy cluster MACS J0553.4-3342, showing two actively merging sub-clusters 4.4 billion years i

The BepiColombo mission, a joint project by ESA and JAXA, is nearing Mercury after an eight-year journey, with its two spacecraft set to begin gathering data by

On September 3, 2006, the European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft intentionally crashed into the moon after completing its mission to test solar electric pro

After nearly eight years, the BepiColombo spacecraft, a joint mission by ESA and JAXA, has begun its arrival phase at Mercury on September 3. The Mercury Transf

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the nebula LHA 120-N44, or N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, revealing a 'superbubble' formed by powerful

In 2007, the European Space Agency exposed 3,000 tardigrades to open space, with 68% reviving after rehydration, demonstrating their remarkable resilience to ex

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot successfully completed the sixth-ever all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station o

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducted a 6.5-hour spacewalk on August 25, 2026, to replace an antenna on the International Space St

Shivamogga MP B.Y. Raghavendra has demanded that no additional land beyond notified forest areas should be included in the Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), ur

The European Space Agency has signed contracts with several European launch startups to support the development of their vehicles, while SpaceX plans a signific

Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot successfully completed a spacewalk to replace a faulty Space-to-Ground Antenna on the International Space Station (ISS).

Astronauts Anil Menon of NASA and Sophie Adenot of ESA conducted a six-hour and 23-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on August 18, 2026,

A record 17 spacecraft tracked a coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun on December 15, 2024, revealing it to be surprisingly lopsided with two a

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an infrared image of a cometary globule, dubbed the "Treasure Chest," located within the Carina Nebula. This feature

Europe's Mars Express orbiter has captured new, detailed imagery of Mars' Southern Highlands and the Schiaparelli Crater, a region shaped by ancient waterflow.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, the first French woman to spacewalk, successfully removed a failed antenna from the International Spa

Spacecraft from NASA and ESA captured stunning views of the August 12 total solar eclipse, which was visible from Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, with images sho