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Watch Europe's upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its 'wings' (video)

PLATO powered up and extended its solar panels as the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft readies for launch as soon as December.

Space

Europe Needs Reusable Rockets To Catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA Chief

Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

International Business Times

3/I Atlas: a rare comet from beyond our solar system is being closely tracked – what can it teach us?

Only the third interstellar comet ever to be seen contains material from other star systems that can be observed close up

The Guardian - UK

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Landing site for Rosalind Franklin rover may be ripe with clues about ancient Mars life

Natural geologic processes at Mars' Oxia Planum may improve the Rosalind Franklin rover's chances of detecting organic compounds.

Space

Switzerland’s interactive foliage map reveals where to see the country’s peak autumn colours

For a different view, the European Space Agency has images of autumn’s mosaic from space.

Euronews

NASA astronaut marks his 400th day in space | On the International Space Station Aug. 18-22, 2025

The seven members of the Expedition 73 crew worked on science and station keeping activities during their week together aboard the International Space Station.

Space

European weather satellite readied for launch on Ariane 6 rocket | Space photo of the day for Aug. 8, 2025

The MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite is loaded onto the Ariane 6 launch adapter as part of a mission for the European Space Agency.

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SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUMETSAT today (July 1), then came back down to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

Space

That's No Moon

(Image from European Space Agency.) From the European Space Agency today, "Proba-3's first artificial solar eclipse": This March, Proba-3 achieved… The post That's No Moon appeared first on Reason.com.

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Solar Orbiter offers first glimpse of the Sun’s poles in breakthrough mission

The European Space Agency released images from the robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft

The Independent UK

Sun’s south pole revealed for first time, in images from Solar Orbiter spacecraft

Groundbreaking observations map chaotic patchwork of magnetic activity, said to be key to understanding how sun’s field flips

The Guardian - UK

After 50 successful years, the European Space Agency has some big challenges ahead

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly successful missions, but is different to other space agencies which generally represent one country. Esa is funded by 23 member states and also has cooperation agreements with nations such as Canada.

The Conversation

Playmobil, ESA partner on toy starter pack for a space mission on the moon

They have taken them to space (for real) and advised on their futuristic Mars vehicles. Now the European Space Agency is partnering again with Playmobil to explore the moon.

Space

Planet hunter Plato gets its eyes | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025

Plato, the European Space Agency's terrestrial planet hunter spacecraft, is seen after having 24 of its 26 cameras installed.

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Vega-C rocket launches European forest-monitoring 'Biomass' satellite to orbit (video)

The European Space Agency's Biomass forest-monitoring satellite headed toward orbit early Tuesday morning (April 29) on the fourth-ever launch of the Vega-C rocket.

Space

Satellite images reveal how Earth's surface moved during deadly Myanmar earthquake

Europe's Sentinel-1 satellites captured radar images of Myanmar before and after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on March 28, revealing significant ground movement.

Space

'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan

A Q&A with Lindley Johnson, a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an asteroid or comet.

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New photos from European Mars orbiter show dynamic, volcanic Red Planet terrain

The European Space Agency just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic terrain of the Red Planet's Acheron Fossae region.

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It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA report

A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to use.

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Amateur astronomer discovers bright green comet SWAN25F — and you can see it too

Comet SWAN25F was discovered using photos from the European Space Agency's SOHO spacecraft and can currently be spied using backyard equipment — but it could also become visible to the naked eye in the next few weeks.

LiveScience

Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to 'the discovery machine of the decade' that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars

After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as "the discovery machine of the decade."

Space

Into the deep (field) with ESA's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope: Space photo of the day

Many galaxies are visible in this deep field exposure, and its just a part of a larger mosaic, zoomed in 16 times.

The Independent UK

European Space Agency releases new data that could help us understand the nature of the universe

Euclid space telescope is trying to understand dark energy and dark matter, which remain largely mysterious

The Guardian - UK

Scientists hail ‘avalanche of discoveries’ from Euclid space telescope

Data from European Space Agency’s mission has allowed researchers to create detailed catalogue of 380,000 galaxies

Space

Paralympian John McFall could become 1st astronaut with a disability on ISS

European Space Agency astronaut John McFall is cleared to be the first person with a physical disability to fly to the space station.

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