Medicine & TechnologyEuropean Space Agency's ASIM device saw a blue jet from a cloud above the Pacific island of Nauru. It reached into the stratosphere with ring-like 'elves.'
The joint American-European Solar Orbiter spacecraft "had an appointment with Venus" yesterday morning, the first "in a series of planetary flybys" to hone the orbit of a probe on its journey to the sun.
The James Webb Space Telescope, the supposed successor of the Hubble Space Telescope, has inched closer to launch after successfully completing its set of environmental tests.
Researchers have created a 3D model that simulates Saturn's atmosphere, shedding light on one of its most curious features - a hexagonal storm that persists on its northern pole.
Astronomers claim that at least 45 exoplanets are similar to Earth—from the composition of their atmosphere to the presence of liquid water that can possibly support life.
A new satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), named the Sentinel 6 Michael Freilich, is set to launch this coming November.
PICASSO, the first CubeSat nanosatellite mission for the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), will carry technology developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Ltd. to conduct scientific studies in Earth orbit.
The James Webb Space Telescope successfully passed its first testing and is scheduled to launch by October next year. Its mission will be to land on a celestial body about a million miles away from Earth to scan for galaxies and exoplanets.
The Hubble Space Telescope captures the best and brightest images ever taken of Comet NEOWISE during its near approach towards the Sun. The images capture impressive details of the comet's structure.