After 13 years on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is gaining new skills. Learn to multitask and use energy from your nuclear source smarter to extend your mission. He is currently exploring unique geological formations on Mount Sharp that could reveal secrets about the Red Planet's aquatic past.
As part of the Surface Avatar project, astronaut Jonny Kim of the International Space Station (ISS) piloted a team of advanced robots on simulated Martian terrain. This collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the DLR tested the limits of autonomy and teleoperations for future missions to the Moon and Mars.
The spiral galaxy NGC 1309, located 100 million light-years away, has become a cosmic laboratory. The Hubble Telescope recorded the supernova SN 2012Z within it, a unique Type Iax event that did not destroy the star, but instead created a surviving remnant called a 'zombie star', providing unprecedented insight into stellar explosions
The European Space Agency (ESA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of Open Days across Europe. Discover how to visit key centres in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, meet scientists and engineers, and experience up close the groundbreaking missions and technologies that are shaping the future.
NASA's Europa Clipper probe conducted a key test of its powerful Reason radar during a flyby of Mars. The success of the test confirmed the readiness of the instrument to explore the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa and search for a hidden ocean of liquid water, a crucial step in the search for extraterrestrial life.
The new Third Generation Meteosat (MTG-S1) satellite has successfully reached geostationary orbit and has been handed over to Eumetsat for management. This advanced 'sonder' with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission revolutionises atmospheric observation, enabling faster and more accurate forecasts of extreme weather events and air quality monitoring across Europe.