We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Venus competition is Celina aged 10 from Austria.…
Many different creatures have joined astronauts in space. Like people, most of them find it hard to adapt…
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…
Earth is often known as the blue planet, because it is the only world in our Solar System…
ESA has given the final go-ahead for Euclid, an exciting new mission to explore the dark side of…
Everyone can sleep a little better tonight. The latest observations of a large, Earth-grazing space rock – known…
For our Planets contest the grand prize goes to Nicole from Malaysia! Nicole created an impressive model of…
A splashdown in the ocean usually marks the end of an astronaut’s mission, but for ESA astronaut Timothy…
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…
Would you like to see your own space artwork on the ESA Kids site? Here’s your chance! Every…
One hundred years ago, on 15 April 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank while crossing…
ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed ‘NightPod’ on the International Space Station. NightPod is an aid for taking…
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in 2010 showed us that volcanic eruptions can have major…
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, today at 04:34 GMT…
