Cosmic Vision

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid telescope has been gradually losing its vision as layers of water molecules have frozen onto its mirrors. That’s bad news for a mission tasked with observing the dark universe using super-sensitive cameras, but the team behind the telescope has come up with a plan to keep Euclid warm in the cold depths of space.First Full-Color Images From Webb Space TelescopeEuclid launched in July 2023 to study the dark universe—the parts of our cosmos made up of dark energy and dark matter—using…

The EnVision mission to Venus was officially adopted by the European Space Agency on Thursday, which means the organization has committed to getting the spacecraft Venus-bound by the early 2030s.NASA Delays Return to Earth's Evil Twin, VenusEnVision is a planned Venus orbiter designed to study the planet from its upper atmosphere to its core. Venus is in many ways a black (or mustard-colored) box for planetary evolution; thought to have formed in similar circumstances to Earth, the world is now hot, seasonless, and…

There are jets in Jupiter’s magnetosheath, according to Voyager 2 mission data from 1979. The 45-year-old information is now revealing the dynamics of the plasma stream.What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?You may remember Voyager 2. It launched in August 1977 and is now 12.66 billion miles from Earth, hurtling out into interstellar space. It is the second-most-distant object humans have sent into space, after Voyager 1, which is over 15 billion miles away.In 1979, Voyager 2 made a flyby of Jupiter, passing…

An artist’s concept of the Euclid mission in space.Illustration: ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGOThe European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up for the launch of its highly anticipated mission to explore the cosmic dark side.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe Euclid space telescope is scheduled to launch on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday at 11:11 a.m. ET, lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. There are plenty of viewing options for the launch as both…

It’s been six weeks since Europe’s JUICE mission launched towards the Jovian system, and the spacecraft is now all suited-up, with its instruments ready to explore the potential habitability of Jupiter’s mysterious, icy moons. NASA Delays Return to Earth's Evil Twin, VenusThis week, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that its JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, or JUICE for short, has fully deployed its solar panels, antennas, probes and booms. The spacecraft’s various instruments were safely tucked away to fit into the…

The telescope caught a glimpse of the spacecraft on its way to Jupiter.Gif: Airbus SpaceEurope’s JUICE mission is on an eight-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, traveling deep into the solar system to study Jupiter and its icy, potentially habitable moons. A ground-based telescope recently caught a sneaky glimpse of the probe as it barreled through space.NASA Delays Return to Earth's Evil Twin, VenusOn Monday, Airbus Space released rare footage of the JUICE spacecraft,captured by the Airbus Robotic…

A JUICE instrument for scanning the subsurface structure of Jupiter’s icy moons has finally been extended to its full length after stubbornly refusing to do so since launching last month.NASA Delays Return to Earth's Evil Twin, VenusJUpiter ICy moons Explorer, or JUICE for short, is on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will explore Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—three Gallilean moons suspected of harboring subsurface oceans and potentially habitable conditions. This is the European Space Agency’s first mission…

The JUICE mission is at the very beginning of its eight-year journey toJupiter and its moons, but one of its science instruments is already misbehaving.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe European Space Agency’s Jovian probe is having difficulty deploying its Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, which remains “partially extended but still stowed away,” according to a statement by the space agency.JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, or JUICE for short, launched on April 14…

An illustration of the JUICE spacecraft around Jupiter and its moons. Illustration: ESAIt’s been less than two weeks since the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE mission began its journey to Jupiter, but the spacecraft has wasted no time getting itself ready to explore the gas giant system. What Is Carbon Capture? With Gizmodo’s Molly Taft | TechmodoJUpiter ICy moons Explorer, or JUICE for short, showed off a glimpse of its scientific abilities after deploying its magnetometer boom and recording a blip of its surrounding…

Shortly after beginning its eight-year journey to Jupiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE mission posed with its home planet for some parting shots.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, or JUICE for short, captured its very first images just hours after launching on Friday, using Earth as a stellar background to test its monitoring cameras, ESA revealed on Saturday. The spacecraft also captured images of its solar array deployment, showing its…