On 13 March 1986, ESA’s Giotto spacecraft sent back pictures of a black, potato-shaped object that was blasting…
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…
Future space explorers are getting on their marks to invade gyms and train like astronauts for the 2013…
Hydrogen, the lightest of all gases, is the most common element in the Universe. It is extremely easy…
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…
On 12 October, a Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana with two Galileo…
Today ESA’s Integral space observatory celebrates ten years since launch in 2002. To mark the occasion, here is…
One of the greatest threats to the health of astronauts is space radiation. Energetic particles travelling through space…
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We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Mars competition is Andrea aged 11 from Spain.…
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…
Many different types of social media are now used at ESA to share with people about the exciting…
Would you like to see your own space artwork on the ESA Kids site? Here’s your chance! Every…
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) will make an amazing landing on the Red Planet on 6 August! MSL…
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