Irish space companies won €24m in European Space Agency contracts in 2024
Irish companies signed European Space Agency (ESA) contracts with a total value of €24 million last year, a record figure and ...
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Europe Bets Big on $25 Billion Space Budget Amid Defense Hike
Europe’s equivalent of NASA is seeking €22 billion ($25.5 billion) from its member states for the next three years, a 36% increase from its previous budget, as nations expand their military presence ...
European Astronaut Centre is set for a significant expansion in Cologne
The EAC in Cologne is preparing for a new growth phase as plans move forward for a new building that will significantly increase its capacity
Dark plasma dances over the sun | Space photo of the day for Nov. 26, 2025
These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout ...
Irish companies secured record €24m in European Space Agency contracts
Irish companies secured a record €24 million in European Space Agency contracts in 2024, according to a new report.
Europe bets big on US$25 bil space budget amid defence hike
Europe’s equivalent of Nasa is seeking €22 billion from its member states for the next three years, a 36% increase from its previous budget, as nations expand their military presence in space.
NASA confirms support for delayed European Mars rover: ESA
NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 ...
Lilium Prepares to Ramp Up Production of Electric Jet Propulsion Units
Lilium is ramping up production of its seven-seat eVTOL Lilium Jet, commencing installation of a serial production line for its unique electric propulsion units, with prototype systems expected in Q2 ...
JPL to lay off more than 500 employees
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which plays an integral role in NASA's Mars exploration program, announced it will lay off more than 500 employees Tuesday. The Los Angeles County facility attributed ...
That Strange Signal Under Mars’ Ice? NASA’s Orbiter Uncovered Something Bigger Than a Hidden Martian Lake
It was one of the most provocative findings of the past decade in planetary science: a potential underground lake of liquid ...
Looking Inside Icy Moons
The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are ...
Watch Time-Lapse Of Mars Helicopter Ingenuity's Last Flight Of 2022
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity last flew on Mars. Watch the time-lapse, color images and stats from the flight. Credit: ...
Show HN: Trinity – A self-healing static site generator that fixes its own CSS
"Hi HN, I built this because I got tired of LLMs generating broken layouts. Trinity wraps a standard SSG (Jinja2+Tailwind) with a 'Neural Healer'.It works like this: It renders the page in a headless browser (Playwright). It detects visual bugs (overflows, overlapping elements). An LSTM model (trained on 10k+ fixes) suggests specific Tailwind classes to repair the DOM. It's part of a larger experiment in autonomous coding ('The Sentient Stack'), but th
Show HN: Nobg.space – Free, private background remover now has manual editor
Free, private background remover tool gets a new Manual Eraser and Restore brush for pixel-perfect results. All processing remains 100% in-browser (WebAssembly/TensorFlow) for maximum speed and privacy.
Show HN: Number Pyle – A simple number game to pass the time
Number Pyle was originally conceived of as a paper and dice game by another Toronto game developer (Lintilion). The game involves trying to make vertical/horizontal lines between matching numbers on a grid. The rules are as follows:- Look at your current roll, it will be a random number between 1 and 6- Pick a central cell on either side as your starting cell, your current roll will be placed there- Every time you place a number, you will get a new roll. If it's even, you may place it
Russia to send a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to the ISS on Thanksgiving morning
A trio of astronauts and cosmonauts will celebrate Thanksgiving by heading to the International Space Station.
Here's what NASA astronauts are eating on Thanksgiving aboard the ISS
NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on Thanksgiving to the ISS on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the Baikonur ...
NASA's Roman Observatory passes spate of key tests
NASA's nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This fall, ...
From Backpacks to Luggage, These Are the Best Black Friday Travel Deals
Our travel team has spent countless hours finding the best gear — and now, it’s on sale. Here are all the Wirecutter-approved travel Black Friday deals we’ve seen.
Stranded in space: Why China's taikonauts needed a 'lifeboat'
Three Chinese astronauts were left without a ride home after a return space ship was damaged with a cracked window.