An Ambitious Mission to Venus Is Set to Launch in 2031

The EnVision mission to Venus was officially adopted by the European Space Agency on Thursday, which means the organization has committed to getting the spacecraft Venus-bound by the early 2030s. NASA Delays Return to Earth’s Evil Twin, Venus EnVision is a planned Venus orbiter designed to study the planet from its upper atmosphere to its … Read more

Vintage Voyager Data Reveals Plasma Jets in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere

There are jets in Jupiter’s magnetosheath, according to Voyager 2 mission data from 1979. The 45-year-old information is now revealing the dynamics of the plasma stream. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It? You may remember Voyager 2. It launched in August 1977 and is now 12.66 billion miles from Earth, hurtling … Read more

The Euclid Space Telescope Is Off to a Faltering Start

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope launched from Earth on July 1 and has since been getting set up to begin its investigation of the dark universe. But the instrument commissioning hasn’t been rainbows and butterflies, as the telescope’s engineers and scientists have worked to untangle several issues that have come up in the … Read more

Euclid Telescope’s First Photos Have Arrived and They’re Nice

The European Area Company’s Euclid mission took over 11 years to get off the bottom (and Earth), however now the nascent house observatory has produced its first take a look at photographs of the cosmos. First Full-Shade Photos From Webb Area Telescope Euclid launched on July 1 from Florida and is about to research the … Read more