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The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this amazing space telescope.

The Conversation

European Space Agency launches competition to find its next commercial rocket by 2028

The European Space Agency has kicked off a competition to support the development of new launch vehicles and boost Europe's access to space.

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A new perspective: How Earth observation helps tackle global challenges | Euronews Tech Talks

What is Earth observation? What challenges can it help us to address? Euronews Tech Talks spoke with Jean-Christophe Gros, an EU programme coordinator at ESA.

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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART impact in the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system.

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

Humans will likely set foot on the Moon again in the coming decade. While many stories in this new chapter of lunar exploration will be reminiscent of the Apollo missions 50 years ago, others may look quite different.

The Conversation

Tim Peake is going back to space. It's a different world to the one he left

Britain’s favourite astronaut on the future of space – and Elon Musk

Evening Standard

Houston, we have a solution: Why Britain can win big by betting on the new space race

Britain’s space industry is quietly booming — now it’s time to launch it to new heights

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SpaceComm Expo 2025: Richard Branson, ESA's Josef Aschbacher as keynote speakers

The event is scheduled to take place at the ExCeL London on March 11-12

Evening Standard

Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to track its course

The Independent UK

Europe signs contract for its 1st moon lander, Argonaut

The Argonaut moon lander one way the European Space Agency is getting involved in international lunar exploration endeavors.

Space

How satellites have become Earth’s new health and nature watchdogs

Satellite-derived Earth observation (EO) data helps researchers like me unlock new insights into monitoring both environmental and human health.

The Conversation

Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

Space

SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission with China in early 2026 after a long collaboration.

Space

ESA at 50: five decades of space innovation and cosmic achievements

This year, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has achieved several important milestones in space exploration, space science and Earth observation.

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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals.

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Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

Space

Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)

The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.

International Business Times

Spacecraft Captures Amazing Close-Up Photos of Mercury

The BepiColombo flew just 183 miles above the planet's surface on its sixth and final flyby before going into orbit next year

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ISRO- European Space Agency sign agreement for advancing human spaceflight

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on activities related to astronaut training, mission implementation, and research experiments. Read further on Dynamite News:

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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars

China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.

Fortune

The European Space Agency committed to zero space junk. Swiss startup ClearSpace is already on it

European pioneers are working on a cleaner cosmic future—before collisions mount.

International Business Times

India Launches European 'Artifical Eclipse' Satellites

India on Thursday successfully launched into space a pair of European satellites that will create artificial solar eclipses to help scientists catch a rare glimpse of the Sun's mysterious atmosphere.

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European Satellites Create Artificial Solar Eclipses In Space

European satellites launched to create artificial solar eclipses for in-depth study of sun's corona. Mission aims to unravel mysteries and provide valuable...

The Independent UK

Satellites launched in bid to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses

Proba-3 is expected to create hundreds of eclipses during its two-year operation

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Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

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