European Space Agency
Incredible Images Show What’s Inside the Biggest Canyon in the Solar System
European orbiter captures Mars’ epic Valles Marineris, which is roughly the diameter of the continental U.S.
Zoom Deep Into This New and 'Unprecedented' Image of the Sun
Europe’s Solar Orbiter has taken an image of the Sun with ten times the resolution of a 4K television screen.
A Mission to Find Life on Mars Suspended Over Russian Invasion
Europe “acknowledged the present impossibility” of collaboration with Russia on the ExoMars mission.
The Space Telescope That Will Look for Alien Life Is Reaching Its Final Destination
If all goes to plan, the James Webb Space Telescope will be nudged into orbit at Lagrange Point 2 on Monday.
How One Spacecraft Is Creating the Largest and Most Precise Star Map Ever
Timo Prusti of the European Space Agency talks to Motherboard about the Gaia mission’s unprecedented catalog of more than one billion astronomical objects.
NASA Is Launching a $10 Billion 'Time Machine'
The James Webb Telescope will peer farther back into the universe's history than ever before and is the "ultimate time machine," scientists say.
A Crash Landing Revealed Comet Ice Is Fluffier Than Cappuccino Froth
“It’s softer than the lightest snow, the froth on your cappuccino, or even the bubbles in your bubble bath."
These Are the Closest Pictures of the Sun Ever Taken
"We’ve never been closer to the Sun with a camera," a European Space Agency scientist said.
The Coronavirus Just Grounded a Mission to Mars
The second ExoMars mission, geared toward figuring out whether there was ever life on the Red Planet, has been postponed.
Our Galaxy Is Mysteriously Distorting and Nobody Knows Why
The Milky Way's edges are warping and distorting in strange ways. A new study suggests the latest possible answer: another galaxy is messing with us.
A New Facility Is Turning Moon Dust Into Oxygen for Future Space Settlers
A prototype plant developed by the European Space Agency has successfully extracted oxygen from simulated moon dust in a small Dutch town.
Humanity Just Launched a Satellite to See if Alien Worlds Are Habitable
CHEOPS, the first mission focused on measuring exoplanet sizes, blasted off on Wednesday morning from French Guiana.