Read the latest news and developments related to ESA, the European Space Agency. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA is an intergovernmental organization of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Arp-Madore 2105-332, 200 million light-years away, comprises peculiar, emission-line galaxies active in star formation, as revealed by Hubble. This image features an interacting galaxy system…
Ariel, ESA’s mission to identify the chemical elements in exoplanetary atmospheres, successfully passed the spacecraft preliminary design phase and now moves from the ‘drawing board’…
NGC 2210 in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a notable globular cluster around 11.6 billion years old, offering insights into the age and formation of…
Watch the live launch broadcast of Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 on ESA Web TV Channel 2 and ESA YouTube, currently scheduled for December 1. Coverage…
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the colorful waters of two salty lakes in East Africa: Lake Natron in northern Tanzania and Lake…
ESA and the University of Bern conducted a study to understand and predict the tumbling of defunct satellites. This research supports ESA’s efforts to remove…
Cinq, quatre, trois, deux, un. Allumage Vulcain! This is the moment Ariane 6’s main engine was sparked into life, and the entire main stage of…
Abell 3192, captured by Hubble, is a complex of two galaxy clusters in Eridanus, exhibiting a gravitational lens effect due to their immense mass. This…
ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehearsal on November 23 in preparation for its first flight, when teams on the ground went…
Macau University researchers studied fungi behavior under hypergravity, revealing both the risks and potential benefits of fungi in space missions. Future studies will investigate other…
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission’s radar image of the North Channel vividly displays land and water features, including Glasgow, Lough Neagh, and the Isle of Man….
On November 17, 2023, ESA’s Juice spacecraft carried out one of the largest and most important maneuvers in its eight-year journey to Jupiter. Using its…
This Hubble Picture of the Week features NGC 2814, an irregular galaxy that is located approximately 85 million light-years from Earth. In this image, which…
The space between Earth and Mars is usually buzzing with science data, telemetry, and commands racing to and from almost a dozen missions at the…
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has discovered a green nightglow in the Martian atmosphere, providing crucial data on atmospheric processes and potential illumination for future…
One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, erupted on Sunday – spewing lava and clouds of ash high over the Mediterranean island of…
An enormous burst of gamma rays, detected by ESA’s Integral space telescope, has struck Earth. The blast caused a significant disturbance in our planet’s ionosphere….
This image, from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on November 1, 2023, captures the colors of autumn over the Japanese archipelago. Japan is made up of…