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« La Lune, avant de la conquérir, il faut la comprendre » : l’ESA défend une exploration spatiale plus utile

23 June 2026 at 20:07
La Lune s'impose aujourd'hui comme l'enjeu central d'une nouvelle compétition spatiale mondiale. Mais derrière les annonces enthousiastes et les promesses d'une installation durable, quelle est la réalité ? James David Carpenter, responsable du Bureau des sciences lunaires à l'Agence spatiale...

Webb Sees Jupiter-Size Exoplanet Being Roasted by Its Star

22 June 2026 at 16:05
An artist’s impression of the hot-Jupiter exoplanet HD 80606b. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Joseph Olmsted, STScI.

HD 80606b has one of the most extreme orbits of any known exoplanet and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope just caught it getting flash-fried as it whipped past its star.

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Artemis, Gateway, exploration : l'ESA reporte ses décisions à décembre 2026

20 June 2026 at 13:13
La 347e réunion du Conseil de l'ESA s'est tenue dans un contexte particulier : celui d'un programme Artemis remanié par la Nasa, sans concertation avec ses partenaires européens. On attendait une réponse. Elle n'est pas venue. L'Europe spatiale a choisi la prudence, renvoyant les grands...

Ariane 6 and Amazon Leo: How a Record-Breaking Launch Is Reshaping the Space Race Balance

19 June 2026 at 12:27

The European Ariane 6 rocket has set a new record by deploying 36 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit – more than ever before on a single mission. At first glance, this may look like a purely technical achievement. However, it reflects something broader: Europe’s return as an independent actor in the space race, intensifying competition between Amazon […]

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Ariane 6 dá “boleia” a 36 satélites da Amazon e bate recorde europeu na capacidade de lançamento

19 June 2026 at 11:33

Marcando o oitavo voo consecutivo realizado com sucesso, o foguetão Ariane 6 colocou em órbita 36 satélites da constelação Leo da Amazon, aproveitando para bater o recorde europeu do voo mais “poderoso” de sempre.

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El Niño está de volta e pode ser um dos mais fortes de sempre. O que significa isso para o planeta?

18 June 2026 at 14:28

O El Niño é um dos mais importantes reguladores naturais do clima à escala global e os cientistas acreditam que a versão que começou agora pode entrar para a história. Os primeiros sinais são tão fortes que alguns já lhe chamam “super El Niño” ou “Godzilla”.

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Astronomers Find Four Separate Generations of Stars in ‘Globular Cluster’ Terzan 5

17 June 2026 at 23:08
This Webb/NIRCam image shows the star cluster Terzan 5. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb.

New Webb and Hubble data not only confirm the existence of two distinct populations of stars in the ancient stellar system Terzan 5, once classified as a globular cluster, but also provides evidence for two more recent rounds of star formation.

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Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites

17 June 2026 at 20:13
Ariane 6 VA269

An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate.

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L’ESA va explorer une partie presque invisible de l’Univers, et cela pourrait tout changer

15 June 2026 at 17:27
Et si certains des secrets de l'Univers se cachaient dans ses régions les plus obscures ? C'est le pari de la mission Arrakihs, lancée par l'ESA d'ici fin 2030, qui s'attaquera pour la première fois à l'exploration des halos galactiques, ouvrant ainsi une nouvelle ère dans l'étude de la...

Misteriosos “pequenos pontos vermelhos” podem esconder buracos negros gigantes

12 June 2026 at 11:27

Uma análise sem precedentes de um enigmático “pequeno ponto vermelho” detetado pelo telescópio James Webb reforça a teoria de que estes objetos são buracos negros supermassivos em crescimento, ajudando a resolver um dos maiores mistérios do Universo primitivo.

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AAC Clyde Space wins ESA contract to complete maritime-monitoring constellation

12 June 2026 at 01:06

SAN FRANCISCO – The European Space Agency awarded AAC Clyde Space a 10.9 million euro ($12.6 million) contract to complete development and demonstrate VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) satellites for […]

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ESA astronaut assignment on Artemis 3 part of negotiations on revised Artemis roles

11 June 2026 at 18:33
Parmitano

The assignment of an ESA astronaut to Artemis 3 is part of negotiations for revised roles in the overall effort, with a goal of getting its astronauts on the moon.

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ESA awards contract for next-generation radar imaging satellites

11 June 2026 at 12:49
Sentinel-1 NG

Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space won contracts to build the next generation of radar imaging satellites for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program.

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Webb Weighs Most Distant Inactive Black Hole Ever Found

5 June 2026 at 16:58
This Webb image shows the highly distorted red galaxy MRG-M0138 seen through a foreground cluster of galaxies (white sources). Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb.

A supermassive black hole 6 billion times the mass of the Sun lurks in MRG-M0138, a gravitationally lensed quiescent galaxy seen when the Universe was just 3 billion years old, according to an analysis of data collected by the NIRSpec Integral Field Spectrograph onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

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