A first in space autonomy

ESA has achieved a historic milestone, autonomous formation flying with millimetre-level precision.  “Proba-3 proves that bold in-orbit experimentation is…

342nd Council: Media information session

Watch the replay of the media information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA…

Galactic gas makes a getaway

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Introducing the 250 N ARIEL thruster

Spanish company Arkadia is developing a thruster called ARIEL (Attitude for Reusable and Innovative European Launchers). Many satellites and…

Earth from Space: Manicouagan crater

This week Earth from Space features a wintery image: a red and white sphere that, if…

Webb: Dwarf stars in a glittering sky

The final ESA/Webb Picture of the Month feature for 2025 showcases a festive-looking region filled with…

Fomalhaut cs1 and cs2 (clean image)

This composite NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the debris ring and dust clouds cs1 and…

Gaia finds hints of planets in baby star systems

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own Solar System form? Thanks to the European Space…

Replay: Galileo L14 launch coverage

On 17 December, two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard…

Coronal mass ejection captured by Proba-2, Proba-3 and SOHO

The ASPIICS coronagraph aboard the European Space Agency’s formation-flying Proba-3 mission is able to observe the Sun’s corona in…