NASA’s DART probe creates man-made ‘comet’ behind target asteroid Dimorphos
The impact of the 600-kilogram device was equivalent to two and a half tons of dynamite, sending tons of debris into space that now forms a 10,000 km tail
Juno spacecraft to fly by Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
The NASA probe will photograph the satellite, which researchers believe could be capable of supporting life
How will we know if NASA’s DART probe succeeded in changing the course of an asteroid?
The Didymos-Dimorphos system moves like clockwork and telescopes will be able to observe changes in orbital frequency to determine if NASA altered it.
James Webb Telescope rediscovers Earendel, the farthest known star in the universe
The space probe has taken an even more detailed image of the orb, which is 28 billion light-years from Earth
Five men in socks and a happy driver: How the CIA ‘borrowed’ a Soviet rocket
At the time of the space race between superpowers, the spy agency managed to get hold of a crucial Russian device for a few hours
The incredible story about how the CIA retrieved a Soviet submarine
Half a century ago, the U.S. agency succeeded in recovering the K-129, sunk at 5,000 meters, an achievement both from a technical point of view and for keeping the operation secret
James Webb space telescope: Where are the cosmic objects captured in the first images?
A planet known as WASP 96B is the closest to Earth, while the galaxy cluster Stephan’s Quintet is located 300 million light-years away
James Webb space telescope: A guide to the first full-color image
The photo shows what appears to be thousands of stars, but they are in fact galaxies as they appeared 4.6 billion years ago
NASA’s plan to return to the Moon–and stay
A memo leaked to the press details the agency’s plans to “reconquer” space
What civilian satellites are revealing about the war in Ukraine
The first efforts to peek beyond the Iron Curtain date back to the late 1940s. Since then, the technology has made significant advances, with military devices able to spot a soccer ball from an altitude of 200 kilometers
The James Webb opens its eyes for the very first time (and also sends a selfie)
The NASA space telescope has transmitted its inaugural images, taken with the aim of starting to correctly align its 18 mirrors
Is space tourism ethical?
Not one dollar of the $200 million that billionaire Jared Isaacman reportedly spent for his private trip was left in Earth’s orbit
‘Ingenuity’: a helicopter that will fly over Mars
Questions and answers about the work that the ‘companion’ of ‘Perseverance’ will be carrying out, and which is due to take its maiden flight in the coming days
Yuri Gagarin’s troubled re-entry into Earth
A new book brings a fresh focus on the first astronaut to travel in space and links the stories of the race between the Soviet Union and the USA to reach the Moon first