#space

Researchers at the Cyprus institute of neurology and genetics have identified genes consistently affected by exposure to weightlessness, in findings that could protect astronauts during future missions. The research was ...

SpaceX is targeting Monday for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket after a last-second abort during engine ignition on Thursday, a brief setback that nevertheless wiped roughly $100 billion from ...

Cyprus is marking Asteroid Day with events on Monday and Tuesday as part of the worldwide programme organised by the Luxembourg-based Asteroid Day Foundation to raise awareness of asteroids, planetary ...

Until this week, if I heard the word “space”, I would probably have followed it up with something cliché like “the final frontier” or “beam me up, Scotty”. Like many ...

An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space venture as it seeks to narrow ...

Europe’s future in space will depend not only on satellites and infrastructure, but also on whether it can build the workforce needed to sustain the sector’s rapid transformation, ...

Europe needs a modern regulatory framework for space that inspires confidence among operators, investors and citizens, Deputy Research Minister Nikodemos Damianou said on Tuesday at the opening of the high-level ...

Cyprus was the first European Union member state to activate the bloc’s new secure government satellite communications service, according to the head of the European Union Agency for the ...

Cyprus showcased its strategic role in Europe’s satellite-enabled search-and-rescue network on Monday, as the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Larnaca hosted a live demonstration exercise as part of ...

The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth’s atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the ...

The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world’s first crewed moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back toward Earth on Friday aboard their gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft, ...

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed ...

Cyprus is playing a role in Nasa’s historic Artemis mission, with local research helping address health challenges faced by astronauts, the president of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO), ...

Cyprus has become an associate member of the European Space Agency, the agency announced on Thursday. It said that a seven-year agreement for the island’s associate membership entered force ...

SpaceX’s Starship has accumulated at least two years of development delays since NASA picked the rocket as an astronaut moon lander in 2021, and is expected to require more time ...

From observatories to space clubs, in recent years Cyprus has entered a mini-space race of its own, transitioning from being a peripheral observer to an active participant in international space ...

NASA is adding a spacecraft docking test to its Artemis moon program before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. ...

A fresh look at data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has uncovered more evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be able to support life, with additional complex organic ...

For the first time, Cyprus has a dedicated centre focused entirely on space technologies, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou announced on Tuesday evening. The Space Business Innovation Centre (Space BIC) ...

France’s top military space official has warned of intensifying “hostile or unfriendly” activity in space, particularly by Russia, joining a growing chorus of Western powers publicly warning about a ...

A strategic agreement was signed last week between the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens to promote research, industrial training, innovation and entrepreneurship. ...

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, set to make the fast-growing space power ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the time, they believed the planet met its doom ...

Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars – highly compact stellar embers – orbiting close together that appear destined to die in an extraordinarily violent quadruple detonation. The two stars, gravitationally ...