Luca powers up for a spacewalk

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano is preparing to step out into space for his…

Reflecting on deep space

This 32-metre antenna is undergoing an important transformation. Soon, it will be ready to communicate with…

Call for innovation to advance Europe’s lab in space

The International Space Station is open for business and ESA is calling on industry to help…

Perspective view of Nirgal Vallis

This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows a dried-up river valley on Mars named Nirgal Vallis.…

River relic spied by Mars Express

Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar…

AI challenged to stave off collisions in space

ESA is challenging machine learning experts to help forecast and prevent collisions in space. The Agency’s…

Talking Space with the next generation in Europe

Watch the replay of our European Space Talk held on 8 October 2019 at the HEC…

Exoplanet explorers

Watch Nobel laureate Michel Mayor’s seminar about exoplanets Thursday 10:30–11:30 CEST live from ESA’s European Space…

Astronauts and citizens team up against light pollution

For an astronaut looking out of the International Space Station windows, city lights are brighter than…

Metal from moondust

Technology image of the week: Almost all the oxygen has been extracted from this pile of…