Space News - 27 Dec 2020 22:27

An agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union will allow the UK to remain in the Copernicus Earth observation program after it formally exits the EU. SpaceNews
Universe Today - 27 Dec 2020 01:58

According to statements made by JAXA, the samples returned by the Hayabusa 2 mission included black sand and gases obtained from the asteroid itself. The post Even the Outside of Hayabusa 2’s Sample Capsule has Asteroi...
Space News - 27 Dec 2020 20:19

Two-thirds majorities are needed in the House and Senate to overturn the president's veto of the NDAA and enact the bill into law. SpaceNews
SPACE.com - 27 Dec 2020 15:39

As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it could detect a phone signal on Mars.
SPACE.com - 27 Dec 2020 15:32

A mere two weeks after the National Science Foundation declared it would close the Arecibo single-dish radio telescope - once the largest in the world - the observatory took a dramatic dying breath and collapsed on Dec. ...
SPACE.com - 27 Dec 2020 15:24

The joint U.S.-European Solar Orbiter spacecraft had an appointment with Venus this morning, the first in a series of planetary flybys to hone the probe's orbit on its journey to the sun.