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- Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth
on 4 June 2026 at 1:00 pmA foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available to researchers, it was announced at a computer industry conference this week in Denver, US.
- A new chapter for ESA’s brandon 4 June 2026 at 8:00 am
Last year, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled its long-term vision for the decades ahead with ESA Strategy 2040. Framed around five encompassing goals which demonstrate the important role space can play in every aspect of citizens’ lives across Europe. Today, ESA is taking a decisive step forward to bring this vision to life through a comprehensive brand transformation.
- ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for lifeon 4 June 2026 at 6:30 am
In the region where the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life, clay deposits extend beyond previous estimates, a new study finds. One hypothesis even suggests a vast ocean once covered the landing site.
- Smile: cleanroom to spaceon 1 June 2026 at 3:00 pm
Video: 00:03:24 Smile successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026.This timelapse captures the excitement and precision of launch operations as the spacecraft begins its journey to study the connection between the Sun and Earth.Smile (the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) is an international space science mission designed to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetosphere. By observing these dynamic processes from space, Smile will help scientists better understand space weather and its effects on our planet’s magnetic environment.
- Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLASon 1 June 2026 at 3:00 pm
Image: Webb’s MIRI image of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in three different light wavelengths
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- Europe’s Mars rover may land in the remains of a vast ancient water systemby Stuart Clark on 4 June 2026 at 4:42 pm
New orbital mapping suggests Rosalind Franklin’s Oxia Planum landing site is part of a clay-rich region hundreds of kilometres wide, raising the possibility that it records a much larger watery episode in Mars’s early history.
- Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocksby Stuart Clark on 14 April 2026 at 4:57 pm
The Moon may preserve a record of the raw ingredients that helped life begin on Earth. New analysis of lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e missions has revealed a diverse suite of organic compounds embedded within the soil.
- Dark matter may come in multiple forms, new model suggestsby Stuart Clark on 11 April 2026 at 10:47 am
Astronomers may not need to see the same dark matter signal everywhere in the Universe to confirm its existence. A new theoretical study suggests that dark matter could consist of more than one type of particle, potentially resolving a long-standing observational puzzle.
- Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hopeby Stuart Clark on 2 April 2026 at 5:00 pm
ORLANDO, FLORIDA. I’m a space-crazed Canadian who has somehow seen 11 launches across four different rockets since 2009. I’ve witnessed missions with astronauts, interplanetary spacecraft and (inevitably) Starlink, across two continents. But Artemis II took me by surprise yesterday (April 1). The Space Launch System was so bright it was almost painful to look at. The arc of its plume across the sky made noise and noise and NOISE minutes after launch. And the grizzled photographers surrounding me on the press-site lawn at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida were screaming: “TO THE MOON!” And cheering. And yelling the phrase again. It’s literally 16 hours after launch as I type this. I’m in Orlando airport trying to look relaxed, as much as one can on three cups of coffee and five hours of sleep. It feels ridiculous thinking about suitcases and flight arrangements. I’ve been asking myself, “What is normal? Can this be normal?” Fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen is on his way to the Moon, with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch. I’ve been wanting to see any Moon mission with astronauts for 30 years; now there’s someone up there from my own country, and while
- Artificial Intelligence uncovers more than 100 new worlds in NASA databy Stuart Clark on 25 March 2026 at 12:01 am
A machine learning pipeline developed in the UK has validated over 100 exoplanets in NASA’s TESS data, revealing rare planetary systems and sharpening estimates of how common close orbiting worlds really are.
