SPACE - Page 2

Just fifty years ago, on July 21, 1969, a quarter of humanity had its eyes on the Moon. All together, all races, ethnic groups, religions combined, holding our breath, incredulous in front of the blurred and jerky images of the television set or raising our eyes towards the star.

On Saturday, July 13, before an audience of high-ranking military officials gathered at the Hôtel de Brienne, President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a new army corps dedicated to space. A major space command will be created next September within the French Air Force, which will become the French Air Force.

Astronomers announced three years ago that they had discovered an exoplanet very close to our Earth and potentially habitable. It orbits the closest star to our planet, Proxima Centauri, and is located 4.25 light years away, a trifle over forty thousand billion

Mars seems to have become the latest fashionable destination. There is no shortage of projects and candidates for the long journey are jostling for the gate. It must be said that the first organized trip is for - almost - tomorrow: 2024. That's what Elon Musk predicts, ready to embark.

On 27 March, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi bragged on television about the successful launch of a missile into an orbiting satellite. India thus entered the very closed club of nations capable of waging space war. The problem is that the missile

Gathered in Paris by METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), scientists from around the world have been studying the question of extraterrestrials at the Cité des Sciences in Paris. The aim of this symposium was to discuss the strategy to be adopted to send messages to hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations. Even if it feeds fantasies

As an important international meeting is being held in Geneva to lay the foundations for peace in space, Star Trek-style boot noises are being heard. Washington accuses Russia and China of an arms race in space. An escalation whose risk

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the Moon, our natural satellite is once again arousing interest and excitement. On January 2, China landed its Chang'e-4 module on the far side of the Moon. A historic first on this unexplored side

Ever since the first human beings looked up to the sky, they have wondered if they were alone in the universe. This recurring question of humanity may find a definitive answer. Having launched dozens of missions over the past decades to explore our solar system and beyond,

Are you in love? You don't want a traditional proposal over a drink at the local restaurant? Then you'll have to get the moon! As of 2022, you can propose by flying over the lunar surface to the sound of "Fly Me to the Moon" from

NASA has just announced in a special press conference, held Thursday at 8 p.m. (French time), that it has discovered complex organic molecules and methane, all of which are linked to life, on Mars. This is important news, even if life, past or present, even microbial life, has not yet been discovered.

Stephen Hawking passed away Wednesday at the age of 76. The image of him in a motorized wheelchair, his head tilted slightly to the side and his hands folded to operate the controls captured the public's imagination. An image-symbol of the triumph of spirit over matter. "As for

The world congratulated Elon Musk, the visionary billionaire and founder of Tesla and Space X, when his Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful in the world, succeeded in its wager. Reaching out from the Earth's gravity, in a thunder of fire, only to come back a little later to land wisely on our

In an apocalyptic thunder of fire and noise, SpaceX has just launched its Falcon Heavy rocket, "the most powerful rocket in the world", on Tuesday, February 6 at 9:50 p.m. French time. This first launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida was a perfect success in all its phases. It is

While buried in the archives of a museum in Missouri, an article on the search for extraterrestrial life came out of the shadows 78 years after it was written. Its unlikely author is none other than the famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who wrote it on the eve of the second World War.

In 1998, two meteorites containing a fascinating mixture of chemicals crashed to Earth. They were piously preserved for years without anyone knowing what was in them. But today, based on a new analysis made possible by the most sophisticated equipment available today, scientists are able to determine whether or not the meteorites are still alive.

Dark matter: the mysterious physical substance that makes up the majority of our universe still cannot be identified. However, considerable effort is being made to try to identify it. To no avail. Dan Hooper is one of the world's leading experts on the subject. He is a research associate in theoretical astrophysics at the

Les films hollywoodiens et la littérature de science-fiction alimentent la croyance que les extraterrestres sont des êtres d’un autre monde, ressemblant à des monstres, qui sont très différents des humains. Mais de nouvelles recherches vont à l’encontre de nos idées reçues ou de nos fantasmes et suggèrent que nous pourrions