James Webb Space Telescope launch media kit

Why does it take so long to get to Mercury?

Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by

Reprogrammable Satellite Launched

The mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras is solved

New research supported by ESA and using different satellite measurements of various aspects of seawater along with measurements from ships has revealed how our ocean waters have become more acidic over the last three decades – and this is having a detrimental effect on marine life

Data from ESA’s Gaia star mapping satellite have revealed tantalising evidence that the nearest star cluster to the Sun is being disrupted by the gravitational influence of a massive but unseen structure in our galaxy.

Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show nitrogen dioxide concentrations in Beijing dropped by around 35% between February 2019 and 2020

The European Space Agency just released the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way ever

The ESA Starts a New Commercial Sector in Space: Removing Space Debris

Solar Orbiter first images revealed

Solar Orbiter’s first images reveal ‘campfires’ on the Sun

European Space Agency Global air pollution maps now available

ESA's Solar Orbiter will pass through comet ATLAS' tail on May 31-June 1

Swarm satellites probe weakening of Earth’s magnetic field

New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Coronavirus: Nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy

ESA opens oxygen plant – making air out of moondust

International Space Station computer gets a heart transplant

ESA commissions world’s first space debris removal

In about 50 Minutes ESA ist launching a new telescope to search for exoplanets. This may be the next step to discover life apart from earth

ESA's Collision Avoidance Challenge

SOHO’s Recovery – An Unprecedented Success Story (1999)

ESA Space CyberSecurity Call for Ideas

Stargazing technology used to spot cancer

First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on mars

Earth’s Atmosphere Stretches Out to the Moon – and Beyond

Scientists have long suspected that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course, but now, thanks to new data from the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite, researchers finally know how fast and at what angles the two galactic bodies are approaching impact.

ESA sets clock by distant spinning stars

Rosetta witnesses bow shock around comet

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