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E3 is officially dead
The long-running video game expo E3 is officially dead. “It’s the right thing to do given the new opportunities our industry has to reach fans and partners," ESA president and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis said.
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft may have discovered what powers solar winds
In a paper published in Science, a team of researchers described observing large numbers of jets coming out of a dark region of the sun called a "coronal hole" in the images taken by the Solar Orbiter.
Webb Space Telescope captures the Ring Nebula in mesmerizing detail
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured extraordinarily detailed images published today of the Ring Nebula. The gaseous cloud, also called M57 and NGC 6720, contains 20,000 dense globules rich in molecular hydrogen. It sits about 2,500 light years away from Earth.
Europe’s Euclid space telescope launches to map the dark universe
On late Saturday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft successfully lifted off Cape Canaveral, Florida.
E3 2024 and 2025 aren't canceled (yet)
An LA commission said the in-person shows were done, but the ESA says otherwise.
James Webb telescope captures a Milky Way-like galaxy a billion light-years away
The European Space Agency released an image of a Milky Way-like galaxy from one billion light years away.
Scientists found a new emperor penguin colony by tracking poo markings from space
Half of the 66 emperor penguin colonies humans know about have been found using satellite imagery.
Hubble spots colliding galaxies in a spectacular dance
The Hubble telescope has detected a spectacular ring-shaped galaxy merger hundreds of millions of light-years away.
UK surgeon named world's first astronaut with a disability
The European Space Agency selected 41-year-old John McFall as the first astronaut with a disability.
Listen to the eerie sounds of a solar storm hitting the Earth's magnetic field
Scientists converted data from the ESA's three Swarm satellites into ethereal audio.
E3 will return to LA on June 13th, 2023
After missing 2022 altogether, one of the most important gaming trade shows will return next year.
James Webb Space Telescope captures the best image of Neptune's rings in decades
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first image of Neptune, and it's the best view of the planet's rings in over 30 years.
James Webb Space Telescope's first pictures of Mars could reveal more about the atmosphere
The JWST has captured its first Mars pictures, and they could reveal more about the planet's atmosphere.
Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to capture multi-spectrum image of Phantom Galaxy
The JWST has dazzled since it began sending images back to Earth, but sometimes even the most advanced space telescope ever needs a little help from a friend.
ISS spacewalk interrupted by suit malfunction
A Russian cosmonaut was briefly forced to interrupt a spacewalk after his suit encountered problems.
Shaun the Sheep will join NASA’s Artemis 1 flight to the Moon
Shaun the Sheep is about to go where no sheep has gone before.
NASA reveals more stunning images from James Webb telescope
It's able to capture the cosmos in far more detail than Hubble.
NASA reveals details about James Webb Space Telescope's first full-color images
The agency will release the initial batch of images and spectroscopic data on July 12th.
Mars Express orbiter finally gets a software upgrade, 19 years later
The Mars Express orbiter is getting a software upgrade 19 years after it launched.
E3 is really, truly coming back in 2023, says ESA
It's scheduled to take place as a hybrid in-person and virtual event.