Europe’s space agency will destroy a brand-new satellite in 2027 just to see what happens
The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it reenters ...
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'Our model of cosmology might be broken': New study reveals the universe is expanding too fast for physics to explain
Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...
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SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission
The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission alongside China in early 2026 after a long ...
Malargüe—A satellite dish best served cold: Cryogenic upgrade boosts capacity by almost 80%
In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will ...
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Signal amplifier chip smaller than strawberry seed to boost space communications
Developed by ESA, the tiny signal amplifier is aimed at making the future radar-observing and telecommunications space ...
A seed-sized signal amplifier chip could boost space communications
Smaller than a strawberry seed, this tiny signal amplifier was produced by the European Space Agency to fill a missing link ...
Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network
The Italian government is considering the purchase of satellite Internet services from SpaceX's Starlink constellation, and ...
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Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya
Last February, the European Space Agency said a satellite -- weighing as much as an adult male rhinoceros -- made an uncontrolled return to Earth, re-entering the atmosphere over the north Pacific ...
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Copernicus Sentinels: UK industry loses out in European satellite bids
Contracts have been approved to lead the development of six new satellite systems ... but that idea has been knocked back. A European Space Agency industrial policy committee has given all ...