Scientists think that Jupiter’s moons may have huge oceans under their icy surfaces. ESA’s JUICE mission is to…
Thousands of schoolchildren are participating in the ‘Mission-X: Train Like an Astronaut’ challenge that began a six-week programme…
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Eight years ago today, ESA’s Huygens bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest on the surface of…
Will Santa Claus one day need wheels for his sleigh? That is still a long way off, but…
Have you taken an interesting astronomical photo this year? From planets and moons to the Sun, stars and…
Six astronauts on ESA’s CAVES underground training course recently had a pleasant surprise when they discovered a new…
Natural disasters, such as earthquakes and hurricanes, can cause major destruction and affect the lives of thousands of…
From Earth, we can sometimes see Venus and Mercury as black spots passing across the Sun. During such…
On 14 January 2005, ESA’s Huygens probe bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest in the 10…
Today ESA’s Integral space observatory celebrates ten years since launch in 2002. To mark the occasion, here is…
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MetOp-B was launched on 17 September from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, atop a Russian Soyuz launcher. The…
Watch MetOp-B lift off live from Kazakhstan today, 17 September. Webcast begins at 17:10 CEST, with launch scheduled…
Regular watchers of TV weather forecasts will be familiar with views of Europe taken by a Meteosat spacecraft…
Last night the MSG-3 satellite lifted off on an Ariane 5 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French…
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Watch the fascinating behaviour of a young Sun-like star spinning super fast and spewing out hot plasma. It…
Join us for the launch of MSG-3 tonight. Dedicated to monitoring the weather from geostationary orbit, MSG-3 will…
Everyone can sleep a little better tonight. The latest observations of a large, Earth-grazing space rock – known…
Early this morning ESA’s microsatellite Proba-2 tracked Venus as it moved across the Sun over a period of…
Scientists and amateur astronomers around the world are getting ready to see Venus crossing the face of the…
After 10 years of impressive work, Envisat’s mission has now ended. Communication with the satellite was interrupted on…
Europe is going to visit Jupiter and its icy moons! The mission has been named JUICE, for Jupiter…
ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed ‘NightPod’ on the International Space Station. NightPod is an aid for taking…
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, today at 04:34 GMT…
When it whizzes past Earth in 2013, a newly discovered asteroid is going to miss our planet –…
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Comets competition is Cici from Austria. Congratulations Cici!…
Ten years ago, on 1 March 2002, the largest Earth observation satellite ever built was launched from Kourou…
Vega, ESA’s new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a…
