Hubble remains an indispensable resource for the astronomy and planetary science community as it approaches the end of its fourth decade in operations. The dynamic astronomical landscape, with facilities with […]
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Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Missions & Hardware, PLATO, Status Report
Plato Exoplanet Mission Hardware Testing
The European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets, Plato, is now sealed in the Large Space Simulator (LSS) chamber at ESA’s Test Centre for a series of vital tests […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Gaia Mission, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
Our Sun Escaped Together With Stellar Twins From Galaxy Center
Researchers have uncovered evidence for our Sun joining a mass migration of similar “twins” leaving the core regions of our galaxy, 4 to 6 billion years ago. The team created […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gaia Mission, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Predicting Gaia Astrometry’s Ability To Constrain The Populations Of Circumbinary Planets
The coming data releases of Gaia are expected to result in an upheaval of exoplanet science, in particular for long period giant planets (0.2MJ≤M≤25MJ). One class of exoplanets which Gaia […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Habitable Zones, Mars, Press Release, Radiation, Space Weather & Heliophysics
ESA Orbiters Watch A Solar Superstorm Hit Mars
What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching spacecraft and a supercharged upper atmosphere.
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Status Report
ESA–NASA Omics Data Sharing Seminar – 11 March
Join ESA and NASA on 11 March 2026 (16:00-18:00 CET) for a seminar on how ESA omics data are shared, curated and accessed through NASA’s Open Science Data Repository (OSDR). […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release
Astrochemistry: JWST Locates Supernova Progenitor Was Surrounded By Carbon-rich Dust
For the first time, astronomers have used images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to identify a supernova progenitor that could not be seen by any other telescope: a […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Ice Giant, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
Cheops Discovers Late Bloomer Planet From Another Era
Many Vile Earthlings Munch Jam Sandwiches Under Newspapers and My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos. What sounds like gibberish half-sentences are memory aids taught to children to help […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Desert Worlds, Habitable Zones, Mars, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
An Unusual Dust Storm Reveals How Mars Lost Some Of Its Water
The current image of Mars as an arid and hostile desert contrasts with the history revealed by its surface. Channels, minerals altered by water, and other geological traces indicate that […]
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The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment
Lava tubes are recognized as strategic targets in the search for life on Mars. The Corona Lava Tube System in Lanzarote serves as a terrestrial analog for martian subsurface environments […]