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JWST confirms earliest-known supernova, detects its host galaxy from the Cosmic Dawn

James Webb has confirmed the earliest-known supernova as the source of a gamma‑ray burst and, for the first time at this distance, detected the event's host galaxy. The explosion occurred when the universe was roughly 730 million years old (≈13 billion years), and Webb's rapid follow-up corroborated other observations.

2025-12-09T14:26:53.883333-08:00

Space Intel Report

ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

SpaceNews.com

ESA secures record €22bn ministerial package, but exploration programmes face funding shortfalls

2025-11-27T12:22:30.681208-08:00

European Spaceflight

Ariane 6 launches Copernicus Sentinel‑1D, securing Europe’s radar‑imaging continuity

2025-11-04T13:53:11.213600-08:00

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JWST confirms earliest-known supernova, detects its host galaxy from the Cosmic Dawn James Webb has confirmed the earliest-known supernova as the source of a gamma‑ray burst and, for the first time at this distance, detected the event's host galaxy. The explosion occurred when the universe was roughly 730 million years old (≈13 billion years), and Webb's rapid follow-up corroborated other observations.

2025-12-09T14:26:53.883333-08:00

JWST confirms earliest-known supernova, detects its host galaxy from the Cosmic Dawn

Royal Aeronautical Society

A decade after Tim Peake: the UK space funding jigsaw A decade after Tim Peake’s 2015 ISS mission, the Royal Aeronautical Society Space Group maps a fragmented UK space funding landscape — shifts between domestic budgets, ESA contributions and industrial programmes — and asks whether Britain can convert ambition into deliverable space capability.

2025-12-09T01:47:38.084209-08:00

A decade after Tim Peake: the UK space funding jigsaw

Euronews

ESA to build Greenland ground station to secure satellite data amid electronic‑warfare concerns The European Space Agency will establish a ground station in Greenland to provide an alternative, more secure downlink for satellite imagery, air‑traffic monitoring and weather data. The move is aimed at hardening high‑latitude data routes and improving resilience against electronic‑warfare and comms disruptions.

2025-12-05T23:39:27.152870-08:00

ESA to build Greenland ground station to secure satellite data amid electronic‑warfare concerns

Space Intel Report

Spain doubles ESA investment, rises to fourth‑largest member ahead of UK and Belgium At the ESA ministerial in Bremen, Spain pledged a twofold increase to its European Space Agency contributions, moving into fourth place among member states ahead of the UK and Belgium. The additional funding is earmarked for launchers, secure communications and low‑Earth‑orbit PNT capabilities.

2025-12-05T08:45:27.791921-08:00

Spain doubles ESA investment, rises to fourth‑largest member ahead of UK and Belgium

European Spaceflight

UK trims €170m from ESA contributions, says cut reprioritises programmes to national objectives The UK has cut €170 million from its European Space Agency contributions, citing current economic conditions. The government says the reduction is a reprioritisation that shifts funding away from some ESA programmes and reflects a focus on national industrial and strategic objectives.

2025-12-05T06:06:26.701571-08:00

UK trims €170m from ESA contributions, says cut reprioritises programmes to national objectives

Universe Today

ESA study maps strict discovery and geometry requirements to intercept a future interstellar visitor A paper by Prof. Colin Snodgrass and colleagues defines the narrow discovery-to-launch timing, orbital geometry and brightness conditions an ESA mission would need to intercept a future interstellar object or a comet making its first inner‑solar‑system pass. It evaluates the likelihood of locating a suitable target within a realistic launch window.

2025-12-03T04:05:09.947683-08:00

ESA study maps strict discovery and geometry requirements to intercept a future interstellar visitor

SpaceWatch Global

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Isar Aerospace wins ESA contract to launch SYNDEO-3 on Spectrum in late 2026 Isar Aerospace has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to launch the EU's SYNDEO‑3 technology-demonstration satellite on its Spectrum launcher in late 2026. The flight is part of the European Commission’s In‑Orbit Demonstration and In‑Orbit Validation (IOD/IOV) programme.

2025-12-02T02:44:55.410173-08:00

Isar Aerospace wins ESA contract to launch SYNDEO-3 on Spectrum in late 2026

ESA

SOHO marks 30 years of continuous solar observation from L1 On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) launched on a planned two‑year mission. Thirty years on, SOHO remains stationed about 1.5 million km sunward of Earth, providing an almost uninterrupted record of solar activity spanning roughly three 11‑year cycles.

2025-12-02T02:03:40.104883-08:00

SOHO marks 30 years of continuous solar observation from L1

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