NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Nigerian space scientist Temidayo Oniosun about how the new African Space Agency could help make the continent more resilient to climate change and extreme weather.

(Bloomberg) -- Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of ...

The UK Space Agency is supporting several groundbreaking projects that use data from satellites to improve public services.

Here, Kenya Space Agency (KSA) engineers Aloyce Were (L), Deche Bungule (C) and Andrew Nyawade hold the prototype of Taifa-1 satellite at the University of Nairobi in April 2023.

The Space Development Agency's first batch of satellites, dubbed Tranche 0, have demonstrated several key capabilities. (Northrop Grumman) Following a successful optical communications test this ...

Europe compares favourably with the US on the level of space science it delivers, and Esa has sometimes “gone boldly” where even Nasa has not. Now that Esa has turned 50 years old, it’s a good time to ...

In May, President Donald Trump selected a design for the Golden Dome—a space-based defense system designed to protect the U.S ...

European Space Agency via AP A spacecraft skimmed past Mercury this week, beaming back stunning new images of the surface and showing once again that humankind has a seemingly insatiable longing ...

Solar Orbiter, developed by ESA in collaboration with the US space agency NASA, was launched in 2020 from Florida. Until now, all the views of the sun have come from the same vantage point ...

Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of climate and ...

Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of climate and weather ...