European Space Agency
Landmark space mission set to create artificial solar eclipses using satellites
Two satellites in Proba-3 mission expected to be launched on Wednesday in India and will work in tandem to study sun’s corona
Ian Sample Science editor
30, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM
‘First instinct is to swim’: my trip on a zero-gravity flight with an Esa astronaut
The sensation of weightlessness is extraordinary as I join Rosemary Coogan for a breathtaking glimpse of life in space
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
16, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM
Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut
Rosemary Coogan, European Space Agency’s second UK recruit, will be deployed to ISS for six months
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
16, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM
First section of Euclid space telescope’s map of the universe revealed
Mosaic of 208 gigapixels covers 1% of what will be the final 3D map, which is expected to capture billions of galaxies
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
15, Oct, 2024 @4:15 PM
To boldly go: John McFall hopes to be the first astronaut with a disability
European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis
Ashifa Kassam, European Community affairs correspondent
07, Oct, 2024 @6:00 AM
European space mission to examine Nasa asteroid impact site
Hera to measure Dimorphos space rock that Dart probe deliberately hit
Ian Sample Science editor
05, Oct, 2024 @5:00 AM
European twin satellite mission bids to create total solar eclipse on demand
One craft will block the view of the sun from the other to deepen understanding of solar disruptions on terrestrial technology
Robin McKie Science editor
28, Sep, 2024 @12:47 PM
‘It’s going to be hair-raising’: high-risk slingshot move will send robot craft to Jupiter
European space scientists will begin a delicate navigation that will take a probe on scenic route to outer solar system
Robin McKie, Science and environment editor
11, Aug, 2024 @8:00 AM
Scientists set sights on asteroid larger than Eiffel Tower as it skims past Earth
Ramses mission to study 99942 Apophis when it passes closer to Earth than GPS and TV satellites in 2029
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
16, Jul, 2024 @10:00 AM
‘Once in a lifetime’: UK and European space scientists urged to join Nasa mission to Uranus
Astrophysicists call for international cooperation on ambitious probe, amid growing interest in the mysterious planet
Robin McKie Science Editor
01, Jun, 2024 @4:44 PM
Euclid telescope spies rogue planets floating free in Milky Way
Wandering worlds are seen deep inside Orion nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas 1,500 light years away
Ian Sample Science editor
23, May, 2024 @10:00 AM
Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old
Glimpse of galactic merger, via James Webb telescope, may explain presence of monster black holes
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
16, May, 2024 @2:04 PM
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