Hubble’s Carina Nebula

Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), also called…

Can satellites help bridge the digital divide?

The French Senate and ESA are to hold a colloquium this month on “Satellites and Bridging…

First supernova companion star found

A joint European/University of Hawaii team of astronomers has for the first time observed a stellar…

Record-breaking ancient galaxies

Studies of two distant galaxy clusters using a combination of the largest radio, optical and x-ray…

Mars Express scheduled orbit change successful

ON 12/30/2003 at 09:00 CET, the first European mission to Mars registered another operational success. The…

Chinese satellite successfully launched

On 29 December, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched TC-1, the first of two…

Satellites Search for Ebola

As a new outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever strikes northwestern Congo, ESA is set to gather…

Mars Express releases Beagle 2

This morning, ESA’s Mars Express flawlessly released the Beagle 2 lander that it has been carrying…

Improved Satellite phone and data services

An agreement signed by ESA and Inmarsat brings the reality of reliable mobile broadband communications services…

Dark Energy?

ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has returned tantalising new data about the nature of the Universe. In…