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Space

Preparation of one of the Euro Material Ageing’s experiments for launch. The COMAT-designed SESAME module holds specimens selected and tested by ESA, supplied by 15 international research teams with Bristol University samples shown in the inset image

Materials set for rigours of space on International Space Station

The Amber-2 Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) satellite will detect vessels involved in illegal activities

‘Dark vessels’ at sea to be detected by UK satellite

Study shows it is possible to send commands to a robot by via simulation

Simulation shows promise for gathering lunar samples

SpaceX Super Heavy rocket

SpaceX Super Heavy rocket caught by ‘chopsticks’ arms

ESA's Hera will orbit Dimorphos and deploy two cubesats

ESA asteroid mission Hera gears up for launch

LUNA recreates the Moon's surface on Earth next to ESA’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.

ESA launches new lunar simulation facility

Comment: Supercharging the space sector

Explosive events on the Sun can disrupt technologies on Earth

Funding awarded for AI-powered solar eruption forecasting system

FireSat will be able to detect fires measuring about 5x5m

Google’s FireSat constellation to detect early stage wildfires

Sentinel-2C Takes To The Skies

ESA successfully launches Sentinel-2C Copernicus satellite

The first extragalactic search for technosignatures at low frequencies covers 2,800 galaxies in one search

Low frequency search for alien technology in galaxies beyond our own

Liftoff for ESA’s Φsat-2 satellite

Open Cosmos and ESA launch AI app-powered satellite