Paris space summit opens with €20 billion in deals and ESA autonomy push
European leaders and space officials gathered at the Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday, unveiling 50 announcements totaling €20 billion to build independent orbital capabilities.
Floating island with mature trees reappears 30 kilometres away in British Columbia
A floating island covered in dozens of mature trees has been found grounded near the shore of Williston Reservoir in British Columbia, weeks after vanishing from satellite view.
Sophie Adenot leads all-female spacewalk with Jessica Meir outside International Space Station
French astronaut Sophie Adenot exited the International Space Station alongside American Jessica Meir on Tuesday to replace navigation hardware during a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk.
Isar Aerospace reaches orbit from Norway in first commercial launch from continental Europe
German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Norway's Arctic Andøya Spaceport on 5 September, deploying five small satellites into orbit.
Isar Aerospace launches Spectrum rocket into orbit from Norway with six payloads
The German start-up placed five university research satellites and a science experiment into low Earth orbit on Saturday, conducting the first successful orbital launch of a privately developed rocket from continental Europe.
Study finds silent arterial plaque in 57% of adults and one in 13 young people
The REACT trial of 16,808 healthy adults in Spain and Denmark reveals that atherosclerosis develops decades before symptoms appear, affecting 63.4% of men and 50.9% of women.
US patient lives 271 days with gene-edited pig kidney before receiving human organ
A 66-year-old American man with end-stage renal disease lived without dialysis for 271 days using a genetically modified pig kidney at Massachusetts General Hospital before receiving a human donor organ in January 2026.
Bavarian climber receives rucksack lost on Austrian glacier 63 years ago
Alpine police in Tyrol returned a vintage rucksack, camera, and ice axe to the son of 86-year-old Alfred Rothfischer after receding ice exposed the items at 2,955 metres.
NASA launches $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope toward Lagrange point L2
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Florida on 30 August 2026, sending the 300-megapixel observatory on a three-month transit to study dark energy and exoplanets.
Partial lunar eclipse covers 93% of the moon across the Netherlands and Belgium
A partial lunar eclipse reached maximum obscuration early Friday morning, turning the moon orange as Earth's shadow covered over 93% of its surface before setting at dawn.
Partial lunar eclipse to turn the Moon red across the Americas and Western Europe
A near-total partial lunar eclipse will darken up to 96% of the lunar surface on 28 August, bringing reddish hues to night skies across the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Partial lunar eclipse to darken up to 96 percent of Moon over Central Europe on Friday
Early on 28 August, the full Moon will enter Earth's shadow, reaching up to 96 percent obscuration around 06:12 CEST before setting along the western horizon.