The Latest Breaking News from ESA

Conservation Commandeering Is Still Commandeering

Courts allow litigants to commandeer state and local governments under the Endangered Species Act.

Reason · Jul 2

The ESA quietly starts walking back baffling statements about private servers being 'illegal', though it's still tutting and wagging its finger

I get the sense the ESA still doesn't like them, much.

PC Gamer · Jul 1

In 1776, the solar system only had 6 planets. Now, it has 8. Does it end there?

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the history of the solar system tells its own story of exploration.

Space · Jul 1

ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' in Stop Killing Games hearing: 'We consider it piracy, we have lawsuits'

Catch me on the corner selling server.jar out of a long trenchcoat.

PC Gamer · Jun 30

Do you want to be an astronaut? Career routes that can take you to space

In 2024, I flew on a microgravity, or zero G, parabolic flight with the European Space Agency (ESA). The aeroplane flew big arcs up and down in the sky. At the top of the arc I experienced 22 seconds of weightlessness, just like an astronaut.

The Conversation · Jun 29

Neon green auroras from space will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2026

This is truly a view like no other.

Space · Jun 26

Greece to send astronaut into space: Adrianos Golemis to launch within two years

The Greek astronaut will conduct experiments and technology demonstrations proposed by dozens of Greek research teams, institutions and universities.

Euronews · Jun 26

Summer solstice seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 25, 2026

Just after the summer solstice, a European weather satellite managed to capture a striking image of this celestial moment from space.

Space · Jun 25

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made.

Space · Jun 24

NASA looks for the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2026

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists toward the origins of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

Space · Jun 24