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Eris by Gilmour Space: Australia’s First Orbital Rocket Australia has just reached a major milestone in its space history. For the first time, a rocket designed, built, and launched locally attempted to reach space. On July 29, 2025, the company Gilmour Space Technologies tested the […]
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Astronomers Witness the Birth of a Solar System For the first time, astronomers have observed the birth of a solar system. Combining the power of ALMA and the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team has identified the very first solid particles—grains of hot silicate—beginning […]
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Axiom Mission 4: Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 8:31 a.m. Paris time, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the start of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax‑4). Organized by the American company Axiom Space, […]
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Historic First Images of the Sun’s South Pole (Solar Orbiter) In March 2025, a major scientific milestone was achieved in solar exploration: for the very first time, the Solar Orbiter probe—developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with NASA—captured unprecedented direct images of […]
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Image of a double-detonation supernova For the first time, ESO has unveiled visual evidence that a white dwarf exploded in two stages before becoming a type Ia supernova. Analysis of the remnant of supernova SNR 0509‑67.5, observed with the VLT’s MUSE instrument, reveals two distinct layers […]
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Apollo-Soyuz: A Historic Handshake, 50 Years Ago On July 17, 1975, in the silence of orbital space, a simple gesture changed the course of history. A handshake — between two men, Thomas Stafford (NASA) and Alexei Leonov (USSR), united by the first joint space mission […]
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Webb Reveals the Ultimate Image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula On July 10, 2025, to mark its third operational anniversary, the James Webb Space Telescope released a stunning new image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), located about 4,000 light-years away in the constellation […]
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Starship Explosion: What Happened During the Ground Test? The Starship program by SpaceX suffered another spectacular setback: a Starship explosion occurred during the night of June 18 to 19, 2025, during a static fire test at the Starbase facility in Texas. This major incident, fortunately […]
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The Sculptor Galaxy revealed in 1000 colors by the VLT The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has unveiled a remarkable image of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), observed in over 1,000 wavelengths using the VLT’s MUSE instrument. This unique 3D map reveals unprecedented details about the structure, […]
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Tianwen-2: China Sets Its Sights on an Asteroid and a Comet On May 28, 2025, China marked another major milestone in its ambitious space program with the launch of Tianwen-2, an interplanetary exploration mission with bold and unprecedented objectives. Designed by the China National Space […]
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Artemis II Launch Live: Follow NASA’s First Crewed Mission Around the Moon NASA is preparing for a historic milestone with Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program. Following the success of the uncrewed Artemis I flight, this mission will send astronauts around […]
Perseverance Detects Lightning on Mars for the First Time For decades, scientists have suspected that the Martian atmosphere could generate electrical phenomena, despite being extremely thin and lacking Earth-like thunderstorms. This long-standing hypothesis has now been confirmed: NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected Lightning on Mars […]
New Glenn Explodes on the Launch Pad: A Major Setback for Blue Origin Blue Origin‘s New Glenn program has suffered its most significant setback to date. On May 28, 2026, a New Glenn rocket assigned to the NG-4 mission was destroyed during a static fire […]
Virgin Galactic Prepares Its Comeback: $750,000 Space Tourism Flights Expected in 2026 After a quiet 2025 marked by a voluntary pause in commercial operations, Virgin Galactic is now laying out its roadmap to return to the forefront of the space tourism industry. Between controlled financial […]