Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a professional astronomer, searching through spacecraft data in…
ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is the biggest space observatory ever built in Europe. Weighing 3.8 tonnes at launch,…
A European Space Agency satellite called Gaia has spent 22 months charting the sky in more detail than…
The first test satellite in Europe’s Galileo navigation system was launched in December 2005, followed by a second…
Like living things, stars grow old and die. But heavyweight stars don’t fade away quietly. Instead, they go…
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the most famous – and probably most successful – space observatory ever…
Ancient people were afraid of comets – they were said to bring bad luck or foretell disaster. We…
The Solar System is full of material left over from the formation of the planets. Small chunks of…
Nearly all stars belong to gigantic groups known as galaxies. The Sun is one of at least 100…
Like people, stars are born, they grow old and they die. Their birth places are huge, cold clouds…
The Universe is everything we can touch, feel, sense, measure or detect. It includes living things, planets, stars,…
The JUICE Up Your Rocket! Art competition called all kids up to 12 years old to join Europe…
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has now launched into space and rocketed to the International Space Station, or ISS…
Congratulations to Advika (11) from the Netherlands, Antonia (10) from Italy, David (8) from Czech Republic, Maria (8)…
Congratulations to Agatka (6) from Slovakia, Giulia (12) from Italy, Hiranga (10) from Sri Lanka, Nefeli (7) from…
In December this year, a powerful Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana,…
