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Incredible satellite images show Greenland’s massive ice sheet melting

Satellite observations have revealed the Greenland ice sheet’s rapid thinning, which has accelerated as the planet warms

The Independent UK

ISRO successfully launches European Space Agency satellites Proba-3

The launch was postponed on Wednesday after an 'anomaly' was detected in the satellites. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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Satellites launched in bid to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses

Proba-3 is expected to create hundreds of eclipses during its two-year operation

The Independent UK

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Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

Space

Space science is ‘directly relevant’ to life on Earth, UK astronaut says

European Space Agency astronaut Rosemary Coogan has just started a new phase in her training, which will have her spend six months at Nasa.

The Independent UK

Canada’s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region

The Canadian Space Agency announced a competition today to name Canada’s first-ever rover mission to the moon. This unmanned mission will explore the south polar region of the moon to search for water ice and explore its unique geology.

The Conversation

Europe's bold 'Explore 2040' campaign aims to get astronauts to the moon and Mars

ESA's 'Explore 2040' strategy sets its sights on low Earth orbit, the moon and Mars, demanding greater innovation and increased European presence in space.

Space

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Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image

Deep in the heart of the massive Perseus cluster, giant galaxies stir, stars are torn from their homes and hot gas radiates at more than 1 million degrees Celsius.

Space

Hera probe snaps its 1st images of Earth and moon on way to asteroid crash site

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space.

Space

A new generation of telescopes will probe the ‘unknown unknowns’ that could transform our knowledge of the universe

In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes – both on Earth and in space – has been a key part of this process, and those that are due to start operating over the next two decades should push…

The Conversation

Europe's Hera spacecraft blasts off to investigate asteroid already rammed by NASA

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft set off on Monday on its two-year journey towards a small asteroid already rammed by NASA to test whether potentially planet-threatening asteroids can be bumped off course by a well-timed launch.

France 24

SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA

Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into in September 2022.

Space

To boldly go: John McFall hopes to be the first astronaut with a disability

European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis

The Guardian - UK

The ESA’s Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA’s DART probe two years ago

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will travel several hundred million kilometres to reach the double asteroid Didymos in autumn 2026.

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Jupiter-bound JUICE probe snaps photo of Earth, the moon and Uranus

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission photographed the Earth, moon and Uranus as it heads toward Venus for a gravity assist next year.

Space

Hot 'Salsa:' European satellite burns up in landmark controlled reentry (photo)

The European Space Agency's Salsa satellite safely deorbited on Sunday (Sept. 8) over a hand-picked region of the South Pacific Ocean.

Evening Standard

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Astronaut John McFall explains how the Paralympic Games shaped his space career (exclusive)

John McFall, a reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency, says he is 'not a great competitor.' But he transformed his Paralympics race in 2008 into a career-boosting moment.

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4 reality-defying optical illusions in space

From supermoons to penguin galaxies, the universe isn't always what it seems.

Space

Mental health in space: ISS experiments help keep astronauts happy off Earth

From VR to skin sensors, here's a glimpse at some of the technology aiding the mental health of astronauts on the International Space Station.

Space

Para-astronaut John McFall hopes to see an ISS astronaut with a disability fly by 2030 (exclusive, video)

John McFall, a reserve U.K. para-astronaut with the European Space Agency, recently participated in a feasibility study for ISS astronauts with disabilities. He told Space.com what's coming next.

Space

'Galaxy Zoo' project needs your help classifying tens of thousands of galaxies

The European Space Agency has launched a new citizen science project with Galaxy Zoo to classify tens of thousands of galaxies imaged by the Euclid space telescope.

Space

Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggests

Preliminary evidence for gases that could be biosignatures have been found in the atmosphere of Venus, but even if these biosignatures are real, does it necessarily imply life?

Space

How spaceflight’s 'parastronaut program' could improve health-care practices here on Earth

ESA reserve astronaut John McFall's story inspired a study suggesting that the space community's inclusion efforts should be used in other fields, especially medicine.

Space

Europe on the moon: ESA targeting 2031 for 1st 'Argonaut' lunar lander mission

The first robotic Argonaut moon landing mission is targeted for 2031, the European Space Agency noted in a document published last week.

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