Brandon Specktor

2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Brandon Specktor

Just this once, it's OK to stare at the sun — provided you're looking at the European Space Agency's (ESA) newly released, history-making images of the solar south pole. Taken near the sun on March 23 and revealed to Earthlings Wednesday (June 11), the new images from ESA's Solar Orbiter show a view of our star that no human or spacecraft has ever recorded before.

2 weeks ago | inkl.com | Brandon Specktor

An image of the Sun's south pole glowing yellow. Just this once, it's OK to stare at the sun — provided you're looking at the European Space Agency's (ESA) newly released, history-making images of the solar south pole. Taken near the sun on March 23 and revealed to Earthlings Wednesday (June 11), the new images from ESA's Solar Orbiter show a view of our star that no human or spacecraft has ever recorded before.

3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Harry Baker |Brandon Specktor

The status of a private Japanese moon lander — which was carrying Europe's first lunar rover — is in question after ground control suddenly lost contact with the spacecraft on Thursday (June 5). Mission control lost contact with the lander, known as "Resilience," at 3:17 p.m ET, just as it was attempting a lunar touchdown. The rover, known as "Tenacious," is one of several payloads carried aboard Resilience, the second Hakuto-R lander made and operated by Japanese company ispace.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Specktor

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a satellite crashing into the ocean after an uncontrolled reentry through Earth's atmosphere. A similar fate is expected to await the Soviet Kosmos 482 probe, which could fall to Earth tonight.

1 month ago | msn.com | Brandon Specktor

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.