Space science news

Category: Science

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  • Daily Sun


    Space Science Image of the Week: Look back at the activity of our Sun over the last year thanks to the continuous monitoring of Proba-2

  • Lunar spotlight


    Space Science Image of the Week: A rare light pillar beneath the Moon, seen from Earth’s South Pole

  • Galactic neighbour


    This Hubble image is the most detailed view ever of the Triangulum Galaxy, a close neighbour of the Milky Way

  • The Universe of Gaia


    A taste of the exciting science that is being performed using data from ESA’s Gaia star surveyor, delving into the formation history of our Milky Way

  • Riccardo Giacconi (1931–2018)

    ESA is saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel laureate and pioneer of X-ray astronomy, on 9 December at the age of 87.

  • Unexpected aurora


    Space Science Image of the Week: Integral serendipitously spotted intense auroras at Earth’s north pole, revealing more about the space surrounding our planet

  • Windy with a chance of magnetic storms – space weather science with Cluster

    Space weather is no abstract concept – it may happen in space, but its effects on Earth can be significant. To help better forecast these effects, ESA’s Cluster mission, a quartet of spacecraft that was launched in 2000, is currently working to understand how our planet is connected to its magnetic environment, and unravelling the complex relationship between the Earth and its parent star.

  • Galactic ghosts: Gaia uncovers major event in the formation of the Milky Way

    ESA’s Gaia mission has made a major breakthrough in unravelling the formation history of the Milky Way. 

  • A changing crater: Honouring a renowned Mars scientist

    The surface of Mars may appear to be perpetually still, but its many features are ever-changing – as represented in this Mars Express view of the severely eroded Greeley impact crater.

  • BepiColombo's beginning ends

    A stunning early morning launch lifted the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft into space on Saturday, 20 October. This marked the start of intensive, round-the-clock flight control activities to ensure the mission’s health and functioning in the harsh environment of space.

  • Final countdown


    BepiColombo at the launch pad ahead of its scheduled liftoff to Mercury at 01:45 GMT on Saturday

  • BepiColombo launch live


    Watch live launch coverage from 01:15 GMT on 20 October. Launch is scheduled for 01:45 GMT and acquisition of signal is expected around 02:25 GMT

  • Watch BepiColombo launch

    Watch live as the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury is launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.