The Latest Breaking News from European Space Agency

Dr Neil Hopper has performed hundreds of amputations throughout his career, but never thought he would have to face the knife himself

One of the biggest moments at Omega was in the year 2000, recalled its president and CEO Raynald Aeschlimann. On Zurich’s Bahnhoffstrasse, the Swiss brand had opened a boutique where all Omega watch collections were available in one location for the first time.

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” While the new James Webb Space Telescope has spotted even older galaxies, dating to within a…

At about 600 million years after the Big Bang, they're not the oldest galaxies the telescope has spotted. But they appear as developed as our Milky Way — far further along than researchers expected.

Springco has provided specialist springs for the mission

A meteoroid has been filmed spectacularly lighting up the sky as it hurtled through the Earth's atmosphere, looking like a fireball in the night. The 1m

Giuseppe Donatiello saw the dwarf galaxy now named Donatiello II by trawling through image after image. He spotted the faint image in one of thousands

The European Space Agency tweeted that the asteroid was expected to safely enter the Earth’s atmosphere over northern France.

Rare ‘airburst’ event was captured on camera by amateur astronomers

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission is set to launch in April 2023.

The European Space Agency chief says he wants to rebuild Europe’s access to space following the botched launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year and the delayed introduction of the Ariane 6 launcher