astronomie Archives

Does Europa contain the ingredients that would allow life to be present?

Tech & Science

Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate

Is there anywhere else in our solar system that could support life?

AFPOctober 14, 2024

The asteroid Dimorphos was successfully deflected by humanity's first test of Earth's planetary defences

World

Europe’s asteroid mission Hera launches despite hurricane

Europe’s Hera probe launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft when it smashed into an asteroid during...

AFPOctober 7, 2024

Tech & Science

Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroid

Stormy weather has threatened to delay the launch of Europe's Hera spacecraft,

AFPOctober 7, 2024

World

Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test

Europe’s Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into...

AFPOctober 4, 2024

This undated handout image shows the 66 million-year-old Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary layer at Stevns Klint in Denmark, a global layer which contains debris from the asteroid impact at Chicxulub, in present-day Mexico

World

Scientists pinpoint dino-killing asteroid’s origin: past Jupiter

An intense debate surrounding the cosmic rock that killed the dinosaurs has stirred scientists for decades, but a new study has revealed some important...

AFPAugust 15, 2024

Photo of the Sun taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager of the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe, distributed by the ESA on July 16, 2020

World

Earth hit by ‘severe’ solar storm

The Earth was hit Monday by an intense solar storm that could bring the northern lights to night skies further south than normal.

AFPAugust 12, 2024

Long and winding road: The Juice space probe taking the long way to Jupiter and its moons

Tech & Science

Spacecraft to swing by Earth, Moon on path to Jupiter

The uncrewed six-tonne spacecraft is currently 10 million kilometres (six million miles) from Earth.

AFPJuly 27, 2024

Mars is hit by large meteorites creating a 30-metre wide crater once a month, scientists estimate

World

Meteorites strike Mars far more often than thought, probe finds

Mars is bombarded with basketball-sized meteorites on a nearly daily basis, fives times more often than previously estimated, seismic recordings from a NASA spacecraft...

AFPJune 28, 2024