The Latest Breaking News from European Space Agency

Deadly asteroid feared to be on collision course with Earth in 2052 will miss planet

Experts from the European Space Agency's asteroid team, along with others at the European Southern Observatory, have officially taken = ‘2021 QM1’ off their asteroid risk list

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

Solar storms are causing satellites to dive from orbit - but what does this mean?

European Space Agency satellites have been falling up to 10 times faster than before. What does this mean?

The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2022

Nasa considers sending swimming robots to habitable 'ocean worlds' of the Solar System

Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’s many “ocean worlds”. But don’t imagine metal humanoids swimming frog-like underwater. They will probably…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022

Space chief hopes for 'Kennedy moment' from European leaders

The head of the European Space Agency says Russia's invasion of Ukraine highlights the need for the continent to become less dependent on other nations

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

Explained | What is the Gaia space mission and what has it revealed about the Milky Way?

The new data released by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the surprise phenomena of ‘starquakes’—massive tsunami-like movements on the surface of stars 

The Hindu · Jun 17, 2022

A massive Milky Way mapping project reveals a surprising behavior in stars

The Gaia DR3 results unveiled an unexpected amount of starquakes, even in stars that shouldn't have them, giving ESA and astronomers a new mystery to decipher.

Inverse · Jun 13, 2022

European 'star survey' reveals celestial treasure trove

The European Space Agency has released a trove of data on almost 2 billion stars in the Milky Way

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022

Eerie crater that looks like a watching eye has been discovered on the surface of Mars

It is said to be the size of a city, with the dark matter in the middle giving the appearance of a gigantic eye watching spacecrafts as they fly past

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022

Gaia probe reveals stellar DNA and unexpected ‘starquakes’

The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy’s evolution – and could identify habitable regions of the Milky Way

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2022

ESA does not anticipate Russian withdrawal from ISS

The European Space Agency does not expect Russia to terminate the joint operation of the International Space Station (ISS) with the West, ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 25, 2022