Learn how an astronaut from the International Space Station captured the Large Magellanic Cloud and Earth’s limb with multicolored airglow. We provide context on the galactic neighborhood, supernova 1987A, and newer discoveries about dust and black holes. A view from orbit shows why the LMC is an important laboratory for star formation.
Find out why Hubble’s deep imaging showed that Cloud-9, a neutral-hydrogen cloud near the galaxy Messier 94, has not a single star. Discovered in FAST’s radio survey and then confirmed by Hubble, the object is interpreted as a RELHIC – a dark-matter-dominated fossil from the era of reionization that changes the picture of how galaxies form.
Find out how ESA’s Space Rider, a reusable orbital laboratory with runway return, could service future platforms in low Earth orbit, deliver experiments, bring valuable samples back to Earth, and open a new phase of the European space economy by offering industry microgravity as a service for pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, and advanced materials.
Learn how the Hubble telescope unveils star formation in the N159 complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, where intense radiation from young, massive stars reshapes clouds of gas and dust and creates spectacular bubbles, filaments and new generations of stars, while scientists in this neighbouring galaxy search for clues to the early phases of the Universe’s evolution.
Find out how NASA and Boeing are developing long, thin wings with active control in advanced tests, to reduce fuel consumption and noise, mitigate turbulence, increase passenger comfort, and bring air transport closer to ambitious climate goals and long-term sustainable global mobility.
Find out how NASA is testing a commercial robotic arm, new ways of satellite servicing, and space infrastructure construction in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission from 2027, opening the path for a permanent human presence on the Moon and Mars and the development of the future space economy.