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Space News

  • Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova may help explain Earth-like planets

    How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my research would eventually lead me to ask a question about the origin of Earth-like planets. Yet that is exactly where it brought me.

  • SN 2022ngb is a faint and slow-evolving Type IIb supernova, observations reveal

    An international team of astronomers has conducted optical and near-infrared observations of a supernova designated SN 2022ngb. As a result, it was found that SN 2022ngb is a faint and slow-evolving Type IIb supernova with a low-mass envelope. The new findings were presented Dec. 10 on the arXiv preprint server.

  • Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

    A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

  • Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration

    The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a dress rehearsal for launch day on Dec. 20, 2025. From left are CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, […]

  • Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple ‘Hazyview’

    Written by Noah Martin, Ph.D. student and Candice Bedford, Research Scientist at Purdue University While much of Perseverance’s work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars’ long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface today. Megaripples are sand ripples up to 2 meters (about 6.5 […]

Space Industry Jobs

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    Instrumentation Alignment and Verification Engineer

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    The Systems Engineering Department comprises a team of 30 engineers, distributed over 3 groups. The department provides Systems Engineering expertise to ESO's projects, in particular for the development of the Extremely Large Telescope and its sub-systems and for the design and development of advanced optical and...

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    Director of Programmes

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €10,000 - €15,000 per month

    Reporting directly to the Director General, the Director of Programmes leads ESO's major programmes and oversees the Organisation's programmatic framework. The Director of Programmes is responsible for programme planning and control, for providing project-management capabilities across ESO, and for guiding the design...

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    Astronomer / VLTI Project Scientist

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) is an ESO flagship infrastructure and facility combining the light from the four 8.2-meter Unit Telescopes and the four associated movable Auxiliary Telescopes. Its development recently included the GRAVITY and MATISSE instruments, and the planned final commissioning...

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    ELT Programme Scientist

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €7,500 - €11,000 per month

    The ELT Programme Scientist provides the overall scientific leadership for the ELT and its suite of instruments. The role encompasses all scientific aspects of the ELT Construction Programme, covering the telescope itself, and the development of its instruments under the ESO Instrumentation Programme. A key...

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    Senior Photonics Design Engineer

    MBRYONICS · Galway, G, Ireland

    MBRYONICS is at the forefront of free space optical communications. Our product portfolio covers a wide range of emerging technologies from photonic integrated circuits to advanced optical systems and embedded software solutions. Our optical communications systems are integrated and deployed in satellite...