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Japan’s XRISM Telescope Delivers Insights from a Supermassive Black Hole and a Supernova
Less than a year since Japan's X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) launched, it has delivered its first results, uncovering crucial information about black holes and supernova remnants. XRISM is a collaborative effort between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Its observations have revealed...
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Incredible Video Zooming Through Space Reveals How James Webb Captured Image Of A Dying Star
James Webb telescope was constructed by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp and was launched to space for NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts in December 2021.
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BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features
The BepiColombo mission of ESA/JAXA sent to study Mercury has successfully made its second flyby of the planet and has captured intricate images in the process. The mission, a joint project developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has been tasked with examining the least explored planet in the inne...
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NASA, ESA, JAXA to Soon Scale Up Documentation of Changes in Environment, Society on Earth
NASA in association with ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will document and expand resources and understand a wider range of changes that are taking place in the environment and human society around the globe. The dashboard will include six areas of focus — atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and oce...
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Will Return to Earth After 199 Days in Space After Delay Due to Bad Weather
NASA's four-member SpaceX Crew-2 mission is targeting a return to Earth on Monday, November 8. The splashdown is expected to be off the coast of Florida, USA. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, was earlier scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 7. NASA and SpaceX have six missions in the Commercial Crew...
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Pocket-Sized German Satellite Maker OHB Shoots for Stars
OHB, a Germany-based satellite maker, has been giving stiff competition to aerospace giants such as Airbus Space and Thales Alenia as it grabs a considerable share of European Space Agency (ESA) contracts.
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Europe, Japan Send Spacecraft on 7-Year Journey to Mercury
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent into orbit.
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India to Launch Communication Satellites in 2016, 2017
India will send two telecommunication satellites - GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 - on Ariane 5 rocket of European space agency Aerospace, the space agency said on Wednesday.
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Comet Probe Philae 'Silent', Ground Control Concerned
Europe's comet-riding robot lab Philae has fallen "silent", said ground controllers today who feared it may have shifted on the rough, alien surface, out of radio range.
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Japanese Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Sets Off on 6-Year Journey
The launch of the Hayabusa2 comes less than a month after a European Space Agency probe landed on a comet in a pioneering mission.
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Japanese Asteroid Probe Sets Off On 6-Year Journey
The launch of the Hayabusa 2, postponed twice because of bad weather, comes less than a month after a European Space Agency probe landed on a comet in a pioneering mission.
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Quest for extra-terrestrial life not over: experts
The discovery of an Earth-sized planet in the "habitable" zone of a distant star, though exciting, is still a long way from pointing to the existence of extra-terrestrial life, experts said Friday.
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Japan’s XRISM Telescope Delivers Insights from a Supermassive Black Hole and a Supernova
Less than a year since Japan's X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) launched, it has delivered its first results, uncovering crucial information about black holes and supernova remnants. XRISM is a collaborative effort between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Its observations have revealed...
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Incredible Video Zooming Through Space Reveals How James Webb Captured Image Of A Dying Star
James Webb telescope was constructed by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp and was launched to space for NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts in December 2021.
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BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features
The BepiColombo mission of ESA/JAXA sent to study Mercury has successfully made its second flyby of the planet and has captured intricate images in the process. The mission, a joint project developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has been tasked with examining the least explored planet in the inne...
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NASA, ESA, JAXA to Soon Scale Up Documentation of Changes in Environment, Society on Earth
NASA in association with ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will document and expand resources and understand a wider range of changes that are taking place in the environment and human society around the globe. The dashboard will include six areas of focus — atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and oce...
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Will Return to Earth After 199 Days in Space After Delay Due to Bad Weather
NASA's four-member SpaceX Crew-2 mission is targeting a return to Earth on Monday, November 8. The splashdown is expected to be off the coast of Florida, USA. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, was earlier scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 7. NASA and SpaceX have six missions in the Commercial Crew...
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Pocket-Sized German Satellite Maker OHB Shoots for Stars
OHB, a Germany-based satellite maker, has been giving stiff competition to aerospace giants such as Airbus Space and Thales Alenia as it grabs a considerable share of European Space Agency (ESA) contracts.
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Europe, Japan Send Spacecraft on 7-Year Journey to Mercury
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent into orbit.
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India to Launch Communication Satellites in 2016, 2017
India will send two telecommunication satellites - GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 - on Ariane 5 rocket of European space agency Aerospace, the space agency said on Wednesday.
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Comet Probe Philae 'Silent', Ground Control Concerned
Europe's comet-riding robot lab Philae has fallen "silent", said ground controllers today who feared it may have shifted on the rough, alien surface, out of radio range.
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Japanese Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Sets Off on 6-Year Journey
The launch of the Hayabusa2 comes less than a month after a European Space Agency probe landed on a comet in a pioneering mission.
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Japanese Asteroid Probe Sets Off On 6-Year Journey
The launch of the Hayabusa 2, postponed twice because of bad weather, comes less than a month after a European Space Agency probe landed on a comet in a pioneering mission.
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Quest for extra-terrestrial life not over: experts
The discovery of an Earth-sized planet in the "habitable" zone of a distant star, though exciting, is still a long way from pointing to the existence of extra-terrestrial life, experts said Friday.
