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Unveiling the Moon’s Largest Crater The South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is not just the Moon’s largest impact feature by size; its shape and composition may…

Overview: Finalizing Plato for the Journey Beyond The European Space Agency’s Plato spacecraft has taken another crucial step toward its scheduled December 2026 launch by…

Final assembly completes the Plato spacecraft The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Plato mission has reached a major milestone. In the Netherlands, engineers completed the final…

New Research Bolsters the Case for an Ancient Martian Ocean For years, scientists have argued that Mars was once a world with a warmer climate,…

Introduction: Two Titans of Space Observation In the realm of astronomy, few topics spark as much excitement as the rivalry and collaboration between the James…

SpIRIT makes its space selfie a milestone for Australian space tech Australia’s Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal nanosatellite, or SpIRIT, has achieved a milestone—its first…

Australia’s SpIRIT Nanosatellite Takes a Milestone Selfie in Orbit The Australian Space Agency’s first funded space telescope, SpIRIT (Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal nanosatellite), has…

Introduction: A Visitor from Beyond the Solar System Two Mars-orbiting spacecraft have offered the closest view yet of the mysterious interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS. In a…

New milestone in interstellar exploration The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the closest images yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured during its pass by…

Opportunity to Shape Mars Exploration and Planetary Protection The International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG) is forming a sub-working group dedicated to identifying international science…
