The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

NASA launched the Lunar Trailblazer satellite to map water deposits on the moon, focusing on permanently shadowed craters near the poles. Weighing 440 pounds, it uses advanced instruments to ...

Space missions have set out to search for alien life in the hidden oceans across our solar system - and now, researchers might have a new one to investigate. A new study has strengthened the ...

Galileo is an initiative of the European Commission and is being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as the private sector. On 12 January 2006, the first signals came from its pilot ...

The past week has been bitter-sweet for space endeavours: While the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) successfully blasted off on its mission to study Ganymede, Callisto, and ...

You’re looking at its four Galilean Moons, by far the largest of the giant planet’s estimated 79 moons. Their collective name comes from the fact that Galileo first observed them in the year 1609.

The Galileo satellite system is a £8bn navigation project intended to rival the US-controlled Global Positioning System. Once fully operational in 2020 it will provide accurate position ...

Scientists will be able to obtain more information about the icy moon with the Europa Clipper mission that is expected to launch in the mid-2020s and European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ...

Britain will not be allowed to continue work on developing the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system – a rival to the US-owned GPS – after Brexit, according to the EU’s chief Brexit ...

EHang, JAC Motors and Guoxian Holdings will conduct joint research on the automation of aircraft production technologies and build a manufacturing base, all to accelerate low-altitude aviation ...