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A Christmas asteroid is approaching Earth. What is it and how scared should you be?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoA Christmas asteroid, which is just about the size of the Statue of Liberty, is rapidly approaching Earth and the European Space Agency has challenged astronomers to spot the rock
Explained: As the world gets its first 'parastronaut', what does it take to be an astronaut?
• 2 years agoThere are gruelling astronaut selection tests — for agility and hand-eye coordination — and training that one has to undergo to be able to go to space
'Disability is not a limitation': Who will be the world's first parastronaut?
• 2 years agoAccording to the European Space Agency, the first astronaut with a physical disability could be announced as soon as Wednesday. People with physical disabilities were previously barred from one of the most exclusive and demanding jobs on the planet — and beyond — due to stringent selection criteria
ESA posts incredible pictures of ice-rich impact crater on Mars; check details here
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoESA revealed that the crater deposits found on Mars have quasi-circular and polygonal patterns of fracture which reveal details of the red planet’s history
European Space Agency shares images of edge-on galaxy; leaves netizens amazed
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoIn their latest post, ESA has shared photos of the galaxy that 'plays' twister. These images of the edge-on galaxy have been captured by the Hubble Telescope
Joint Euro-Japan spacecraft BepiColombo got its first view of Mercury, completed one of six flybys
• 3 years agoThe joint mission was launched in 2018 and it flew once past Earth and twice past Venus on its journey to the solar system’s smallest planet.
Final testing of the James Webb space telescope is complete, it is getting ready for its 31 October launch
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThe telescope will observe the universe from the vantage point of Lagrangian Point 2 (L2), located some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.
These five impressive geological structures in our solar system will blow your mind
• 4 years agoAntarctic iceberg double the size of Mumbai grazes dangerously against ice sheet; see viral image here
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThe images of the collision were captured by the European Space Agency (ESA’s) Sentinel-1 pair of satellites.
Two spacecrafts to visit Earth's hot neighbor Venus this week
• 4 years agoOn Monday, ESA's Solar Orbiter probe will visit Venus and about 33 hours later, European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo will get a closer look.