Europe’s space telescope to target universe’s dark mysteries
- 01-Jul-2023
Europe’s Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter. The launch is planned from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:12 am local time (1512 GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket of the US company […]
Europe’s satellites flying blind as space junk spreads: ESA adviser
- 28-Feb-2019
Europe needs its own technology to guard against a growing threat to its satellites from space junk ranging from dead satellites to tiny particles, according to a top adviser to the European Space Agency (ESA).
Computer glitch blamed for Schiaparelli crash on Mars
- 25-Nov-2016
PARIS: A tiny lander that crashed on Mars last month flew into the Red Planet at 540 kilometres (335 miles) per hour instead of gently gliding to a stop, after a computer misjudged its altitude, scientists said. Schiaparelli was on a test-run for a future rover meant to seek out evidence of life, past or present, […]
Rosetta crash-lands on comet, ending 12-year space mission
- 30-Sep-2016
DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Europe’s pioneering Rosetta spacecraft concluded a 12-year odyssey with a controlled crash-landing Friday onto the comet it has orbited and probed for two years to unravel the secrets of the Solar System’s birth, mission controllers said. “I can confirm the full success of the descent of Rosetta,” Mission Manager Patrick Martin announced to […]
Farewell Philae: Earth severs link with silent comet probe
- 27-Jul-2016
PARIS: Earth bid a final farewell to robot lab Philae on Wednesday, severing communications after a year-long silence from the pioneering probe hurtling through space on a comet.
Rosetta spacecraft finds key building blocks for life in a comet
- 28-May-2016
CAPE CANAVERAL: Scientists for the first time have directly detected key organic compounds in a comet, bolstering the notion that these celestial objects delivered such chemical building blocks for life long ago to Earth and throughout the solar system.