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ESA may be forced to axe or freeze planned missions amid proposed NASA budget cuts
European Space Agency isn’t ruling out the cancellation or freezing of some space exploration programmes if budget cuts to ...
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European Space Agency reveals 3 key space missions threatened by Trump's NASA budget cuts
At least three ESA space missions are under threat as a result of Trump's budget cuts. The gravitational wave observatory ...
NASA’s CODEX Unveils the Sun’s Fiery Secrets With Stunning New Solar Wind Images
NASA’s CODEX experiment, now operating aboard the International Space Station, has just delivered never-before-seen images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere. NASA’s CODEX mission has captured stunning new ...
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ESA’s Solar Orbiter reveals the Sun’s poles for the first time
ESA has just released the first-ever images taken of the Sun's south pole, as seen this year by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
Why NASA, ESA and others want to return to moon
The prospect of humans returning to the moon looks more likely than ever, with NASA and ESA collaborating on the Artemis ...
Here are 10 NASA missions that could be grounded under Trump’s 2026 budget
Several ongoing and future missions led or co-led by NASA exploring the cosmos could face serious changes if Congress ...
Nasa issues shock update on hidden ‘city killer’ asteroid heading towards the Moon in 2032
NASA has upped the odds of a 200ft “city killer” asteroid smashing into the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was once feared ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? NASA says chances have risen
The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...
Trump vs Musk: How a political feud threatens to send NASA into the ‘biggest crisis’ in its history
A public dispute between President Trump and Elon Musk has jeopardised US space leadership. Proposed budget cuts threaten ...
Sun’s south pole unveiled by ESA for the first time; here’s why it matters
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, in collaboration with NASA, has captured unprecedented images of the Sun's south ...
ESA Orbiter Makes Wild Discovery As It Captures First Images Of Sun's South Pole
According to ESA, the Orbiter captured a clear view of the solar pole on March 23 using three of its instruments - the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI), the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) ...
NASA's Roman to peer into cosmic 'lenses' to better define dark matter
Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark ...