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Nasa tests defence technology by crashing spacecraft into asteroid

Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. While this asteroid – named Dimorphos – posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming ...

27 Sept 2022 at 05:04

Sun seen in unprecedented detail through Solar Orbiter images

The Sun has been seen in unprecedented detail thanks to the latest images from the Solar Orbiter. The pictures were taken on March 7 when the UK-built spacecraft crossed directly between the Earth and Sun. One of the images, taken by the ...

24 Mar 2022 at 16:55

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No European Mars mission this year due to Russia’s war in Ukraine

Europe will no longer be attempting to send its first rover to Mars this year because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And if co-operation on the mission with Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, cannot be resumed then it is ...

17 Mar 2022 at 18:25

ExoMars mission suspended as ESA says co-operation with Russia is ‘impossible’

The ExoMars mission has been suspended after the European Space Agency (ESA) said it would be impossible to continue working with the Russian space agency after the invasion of Ukraine. The ESA “acknowledged the present impossibility ...

17 Mar 2022 at 18:25

ExoMars mission suspended as ESA says cooperation with Russia is ‘impossible’

The ExoMars mission has been suspended after the European Space Agency (ESA) said it would be impossible to continue working with the Russian space agency after the invasion of Ukraine. ESA “acknowledged the present impossibility of ...

17 Mar 2022 at 15:25

ExoMars rover closer to launch after landing test

The ExoMars rover is one step closer to landing on the red planet following a rehearsal of what happens after it touches down. The exercise involved simulating the UK-built Rosalind Franklin rover driving off its landing platform ...

18 Jan 2022 at 13:56

UK-built satellite to measure carbon stored by the world’s forests

A UK-built satellite will measure the Earth’s biomass in a bid to help to protect the planet’s forests and more accurately measure the carbon they hold. The mission will essentially take a scan of the lungs of the Earth, ...

23 Aug 2022 at 18:17

Defunct British-built satellite Aeolus ready for deliberate crash into ocean

A British-built satellite is due to deliberately crash into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission. Aeolus, which has provided valuable data to weather centres across Europe since 2018, is being ...

28 Jul 2023 at 11:03

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Communities Department Capita 'assessment' contract decision slammed

The decision by the Department for Communities (DfC) to re-appoint Capita to carry out assessments for Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) has been slammed by local anti-poverty campaigner, Sinéad Quinn. Capita ...

10 Jul 2023 at 12:33

New image of Ring Nebula reveals what sun might look like as it dies

Astronomers have released a new image of the Ring Nebula revealing features in the outer regions of the ring. The new observations provide a glimpse of what the sun might look like at the end of its life. Formed ...

21 Aug 2023 at 19:02

Space telescope Euclid captures glittering galaxies and stars in first images

European space telescope Euclid has captured glittering galaxies and stars in its first images after a million-mile journey from Earth. It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida ...

31 Jul 2023 at 21:27

Europe’s Juice spacecraft lifts off to explore Jupiter’s moons

A European spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter in a mission to explore whether its ocean-bearing moons can support life. The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), blasted off on an Ariane ...

14 Apr 2023 at 14:53

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