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Europe Aims to Visit This Large Asteroid When It Brushes by Earth in 2029
Posted in Science on 25th Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
Apophis won’t hit Earth in 2029. Instead, it will pass by Earth very close. Apophis will be visible with the naked eye.
The biggest space telescope of all time has finally gotten off the ground
Posted in Hardware, Science on 27th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller
As of now we wait for the telescope to finish its full deployment so that its scientific mission can begin.
Airbus to continue work on ESA's Fetch Mars rover
Posted in Hardware, Science on 17th Jun, 2020
by Alex Muller
ESA has awarded a contract to Airbus Defence and Space to go ahead on the next phase to develop the advanced Sample Fetch Rover.
Lunar landscape testing ground to be built in Germany
Posted in Science on 19th Oct, 2018
by Alex Muller
To help prepare astronauts for a longer return trip, the European Space Agency (ESA) has outlined a new facility that will recreate the lunar surface as accurately as possible.
Ground based telescopes have surpassed Hubble Space Telescope in picture sharpness
Posted in Science on 19th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller
Its possible to capture images from the ground at visible wavelengths that are sharper than those from the Hubble Space Telescope.