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Read the latest news and developments related to ESA, the European Space Agency. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA is an intergovernmental organization of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 298, previously the site of a Type II supernova, as part of a…

The Mars Express spacecraft has revealed fascinating features on Ascraeus Mons, Mars’ second-largest shield volcano. The images depict areas of collapsed underground lava flows and…

Nishinoshima is a volcanic island in the northwest Pacific Ocean that has experienced growth due to volcanic activity. Satellite data is used to study volcanic…

The Jellyfish galaxy JW39, located in a hostile galaxy cluster, is exposed to intense gravitational forces and a hot plasma known as the intracluster medium….

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the globular cluster NGC 6325, located 26,000 light-years away in the Ophiuchus constellation. These clusters, composed of…

ESA’s Mars Express has captured detailed images of Mars’ second-tallest volcano, Ascraeus Mons, revealing features such as lava flows, tubes, chains of craters, and large…

Juice spacecraft’s RIME antenna, designed to study Jupiter’s icy moons, has been successfully deployed after overcoming a stuck pin issue with the help of a…

ESA’s wind mission, Aeolus, will soon be lowered in orbit leading to its fiery reentry and burn-up through Earth’s atmosphere. ESA’s efforts to ensure a…

This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a massive galaxy cluster, eMACS J1823.1+7822, located nine billion light-years away in the constellation Draco. Gravitational lensing caused by…

The European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July, mapping billions of galaxies to study the…

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on April 8, 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California. The sprawling…

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured detailed images of the jellyfish galaxy JO175, over 650 million light-years away. Named for their star-forming tendrils, recent research…

The International Space Station (ISS) partners have committed to extending its operations, with the United States, Japan, Canada, and European Space Agency (ESA) countries supporting…

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has encountered a deployment issue with its Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna. The issue, potentially caused by…

The SOHO observatory has challenged previous theories about Phaethon, a ‘rock comet’ linked to the Geminid meteor shower, by suggesting that its brightness and tail…

Scientists have used data from ESA’s CryoSat satellite to reveal that global glaciers shrunk by 2%, losing 2720 Gigatonnes of ice from 2010 to 2020,…

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has successfully deployed its magnetometer boom (J-MAG), now actively collecting magnetic field data. The initial data suggests a successful…

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the galaxy cluster ACO S520, containing several interesting astronomical finds, including a ring-shaped galaxy and a pair…