Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil
NASA · 28 Feb 2025
In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun...
ESA seeks companies to commercialise inventions
ESA · 26 Feb 2025
Year after year, ESA creates new technologies and applications, typically filing 10 new patent applications per year. As a result, ESA has built a portfolio of around 550 patents and patent applications to date. Now, thr...
Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?
ESA · 25 Feb 2025
The Red Planet’s iconic rusty dust has a much wetter history than previously assumed, find scientists combining European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA spacecraft data with new laboratory experiments on replica Mars dust. T...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant impact risk
ESA · 25 Feb 2025
The latest analysis from the European Space Agency (ESA) Planetary Defence Office has reduced the probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 might impact Earth in 2032 to 0.001%.
Poland Completes Second Variable-Thrust Rocket Engine Test Campaign
European Spaceflight · 25 Feb 2025
The Łukasiewicz Research Network’s Institute of Aviation has successfully completed its second hot-fire test campaign for the Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator rocket engine. Development of the Throttleable Liq...
Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape
NASA · 21 Feb 2025
The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years aw...
Hubble Spies a Spiral That May Be Hiding an Imposter
NASA · 21 Feb 2025
The sparkling spiral galaxy gracing this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460, which sits about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. This image combines four different wavelengths of...
ESA and Red Cross partnership brings space technology to humanitarian crises
ESA · 21 Feb 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to harness space technology for humanitarian assistance worldwide. The partnership will com...
Developing an open-source tool for a European space-grade computer chip
ESA · 20 Feb 2025
Space missions require high-performance, reliable and adaptable computing solutions that can operate in extreme conditions. An innovative project by YosysHQ and funded through ESA's Discovery element seeks to develop an...
INFLECION project set to transform maritime safety and sustainability from space
ESA · 18 Feb 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and AAC Clyde Space, a New Space company specialising in small satellite technologies, have jointly signed a contract for the first phase of satellite constellation project INFLECION. The...
Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus
ESA · 18 Feb 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far.
ESA Business Incubation Centres celebrate two decades of innovation
ESA · 14 Feb 2025
On 13 and 14 February 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) celebrated 20 years of supporting space innovation through its ESA Business Incubation Centres (BIC) network. The event in Munich, Germany, brought together ent...
Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape
NASA · 14 Feb 2025
The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years aw...
Fly! Project media briefing
ESA · 14 Feb 2025
Watch the latest updates on ESA’s Fly! Feasibility Study with Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, John McFall, Member of the ESA Astronaut Reserve & Fly! Subject Matter Expert, Jerome Re...
Pierogi in space
ESA · 14 Feb 2025
In a first for space cuisine, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will bring pierogi, the traditional Polish dumplings, to the International Space Station during the upcoming Axiom Mission 4.
ESA's HydRON project for space-based optical communications moves forward
ESA · 13 Feb 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) has jointly signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to develop Element #2 of its High-throughput Digital and Optical Network (HydRON), an advanced laser-based satellite system that will...
Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Flight
NASA · 11 Feb 2025
Blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles and bright exhaust from the solid rocket boosters mark the successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour 25 years ago on Feb. 11, 2000. The STS-99 mission crew – including a...
ESA Moves Forward with Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Initiative
European Spaceflight · 11 Feb 2025
The European Space Agency has issued an initial Request for Information for Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Service initiative, aiming to identify additional potential bidders beyond those awarded contracts in Phase 1. I...
Forest mission on show
ESA · 11 Feb 2025
After years of meticulous development, ESA’s next Earth Explorer satellite, Biomass, is ready to be packed up for transport to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will launch aboard a Vega-C rocket this spring.
ESA celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025
ESA · 11 Feb 2025
Today we mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Join us in a journey around Europe with EIROforum organisations to discover the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of science and technology, a...
Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard
NASA · 10 Feb 2025
Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, has made a surprising discovery in our cosmic backyard: a phenomenon called an Einstein ring. An Einstein ring is light from a distant galaxy bendin...
Call for information on low Earth orbit navigation
ESA · 7 Feb 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) via OSIP for European industry to show interest and provide information on satellite technology that could enable the proposed next phase of ESA'...
ESA to develop optical technology for navigation
ESA · 7 Feb 2025
Optical technology has the potential to revolutionise the field of positioning, navigation and timing. To drive the development of this technology, ESA has signed a contract with a consortium of European companies that w...
Hubble Goes Supernova Hunting
NASA · 7 Feb 2025
A supernova and its host galaxy are the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy in question is LEDA 132905 in the constellation Sculptor. Even at more than 400 million light-years away, LEDA 132...