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Almost two billion stars: Largest, most detailed star catalog to date revealed
The European Space Agency released its treasure trove of stars.
Europe calls off Mars mission with Russia due to Ukraine invasion
The next window of opportunity for the rover will be in two years, with or without Russia
The Exoplanet Hunter’s Toolkit: the science of searching for other worlds
The search of other worlds is a field of science on the cusp of a revolution. By unpacking the exoplanet ...
New European exoplanet-hunting telescope launches into space
The ESA’s CHEOPS telescope has finally launched kick-starting the next phase in exoplanet investigations.
CHEOPS launch postponed due to ‘Software Error’
The launch of the ESA’s CHEOPS satellite has been postponed as a result of a software error, reports the University ...
Exoplanet telescope CHEOPS gears up for launch day
The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.
NASA wants to deflect a tiny asteroid’s orbit: humanity’s first planetary defense test
The audacious plan will confirm whether or not we're capable of deflecting asteroids -- at least the tiny ones, for ...
The European Space Agency wants to mine the moon for oxygen and water
Should everything go according to plan, ESA wants to launch the mission by 2025.
NASA eavesdropped on the Sun, and they made a video so you can hear it too
With a bit of help from NASA, you can now hear the sun's roar -- and it's glorious.
Most advanced air quality satellite releases first open data to the public
We all deserve to breathe cleaner air -- this is where this mission comes in.
NASA and ESA team up to bring Martian soil back home
A great partnership for a great goal.
Watch: real footage of cosmic particle ‘snow’ on comet 67P
Literally out of this world.
Earth’s oceans generate a second, tiny, previously-unknown magnetic field, ESA satellites find
Powered by the Moon's pull, Earth's oceans generate a magnetic field all of their own.
Wildfires roar through Southern Cali as NASA and ESA satellites watch, powerless to intervene
Immense devastation has been wrought upon California this year.
More than a million years from now, our solar system will briefly house two stars
It will shine three times brighter than Mars in the night's sky. It might also cause an unpleasant stir in ...
China and Europe have talks to build a ‘Moon Village’ together
The two are already collaborating on important science projects.
Orbiting probe take snapshot of Mars Landers’ grave — RIP, Schiaparelli
Footage from the crime scene.
ESA transmits ExoMars’ landing commands, eagerly awaits the event
After 8 months in space, ESA's crafts are approaching the martian surface.
ESA and Russia join forces to put man back on the moon
The last time humans set foot on the moon was 1972. Feeling confident it had clearly showed its superiority over ...
Lakes on Titan might have formed like sinkholes on Earth
Researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been trying to figure ...
ESA members meet to approve Ariane rocket in light of SpaceX competition
Tuesday morning, ministers from each of the 20 nations involves in the European Space Agency will meet to decide how ...
Saturn’s moon Titan may be older than Saturn itself
Titan is in the spolight again! After astronomers spotted a passing geological feature, now a joint team from NASA and ...
NASA’s great observatories combine to probe deeper in the Universe
These are NASA Hubble Space Telescope natural-color images of four target galaxy clusters that are part of an ambitious new ...
Stunning Horsehead nebula imaged in infrared
Two fantastic space telescopes, Hubble and ESA's Herschel, have teamed up to image one of the most popular astronomical sights ...
Map of the earliest recorded light paints broad picture of the ancient Universe
Cosmic microwave background seen by Planck. (c) ESA Using the incredible Planck cosmology probe astronomers at the European Space Agency have assembled ...
Mars life search will go on, despite of budget cuts
When the administration gives you budget cut lemons, make a different scientific lemonade - that's pretty much what NASA is ...
Russia’s Phobos probe is alive! Contact established with the failed Russian craft
Two weeks ago, panic engulfed the Russian space agency after one of its dearest project, the $170 million Phobos-Grunt mission, which ...
Astronauts set to return home after 520 days Mars mock-up mission
Almost one year and a half ago six volunteers embarked on a fictive mission to Mars, designed to simulate the ...
Stars spew out organic matter into space – life may have its origin in star dust
A new study published by researchers at University of Hong Kong has produced controversial waves among the astronomy community, as ...
Ozone layer found on Venus
ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has found an ozone layer high in the atmosphere of Venus, similar to that surrounding Earth and ...
Europe to lead ambitious Sun mission
Europe aims for the stars: known as the Solar Orbiter will fly towards the Sun and get closer to it ...
Earth’s gravity is shaped like a ‘potato’
Contrary to what you might expect, a recent published study unveiled by scientists shows a map of our planet's gravity, ...
Difficult decisions ahead for Mars exploration
The joint exploration by NASA and ESA, encompassing joint efforts from the American and European space agency seemed like a ...