European space chief says Europe must be able to compete globally
The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has said the region's space industry needs the muscle to compete globally, ...
The Euclid space telescope’s first official images will blow your mind
The first set of the Euclid space telescope's universe mapping images have been published, and they are mindblowing.
Starfish Aims To Avert Orbital Doomsday By Tapping A ‘Space Gold Rush’
As heads of the world’s great space powers - except for outcast Russia - summit, they are strategizing how to prevent space ...
'City-killer' asteroid Apophis could hit Earth in 2029, European Space Agency prepares defense mission
Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...
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Europe must play to win—not just play nice—in a new space race, argues ESA’s boss
Admittedly, Europe has lost ground in rockets. Ariane, a European family of launch vehicles, once dominated the ...
Euclid space telescope will produce the largest map of the universe ever
Euclid launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral on July 1, 2023, and sent back its first test photos just one month later. The ...
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A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
Switchbacks in Space: Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy
Researchers using NASA and ESA spacecraft have uncovered how magnetic switchbacks near the Sun energize the solar wind, ...
Italy urges tighter European cooperation to compete in space
Countries must cooperate more closely and the European Union needs to deliver faster decisions and clearer rules to make the ...
Space Agencies Look to Far Horizons and Each Other
This is the most exciting time in space Apollo era in the 1960s' the head of the International Astronautical Federation says ...
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Italy’s D-Orbit lands €119M ESA contract to service satellites in space
D-Orbit's RISE satellite, which is about the size of a minivan, will be like a car mechanic, but for aging spacecraft.
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The European Space Agency again turned to SpaceX to launch an important science mission. "I think we’re really going to focus on getting reentry right." On the continent, Ariane 6 may be the last ...