Image: Restless star makes for stunning storm
Geomagnetic activity caused by our star recently created a stir in the skies over Iceland, resulting in the seeming electrification of the night, as captured here by photographer Ollie Taylor.
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Israel flying to moon after SpaceX launch
An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country's first attempted lunar landing, following a launch Thursday night by SpaceX.
Touchdown: Japan probe Hayabusa2 lands on distant asteroid
A Japanese probe sent to collect samples from an asteroid 300 million kilometres away for clues about the origin of life and the solar system landed successfully on Friday, scientists said.
Russian rocket launches Egyptian telecom satellite
Russia successfully launched an Egyptian telecommunications satellite on Thursday, the Russian space agency Roskosmos announced.
Japan probe Hayabusa2 set for asteroid landing
A Japanese probe is expected to land on a distant asteroid Friday, aiming to blast a "bullet" into the surface to collect clues about the origins of Earth and the solar system.
SNoOPI: A flying ace for soil moisture and snow measurements
Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a new, highly promising technique for measuring soil moisture from space—data important for early flood and drought warnings as well as crop-yield ...
Israel's first Moon mission blasts off from Florida
An unmanned rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, aiming to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon, and the first from the Jewish ...
