The Latest Breaking News from the European Space Agency

The next-generation Ariane 6 rocket, a crucial programme for Europe's space ambitions, is due to lift off on July 9 following years of delays, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.

China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission has carried out a successful far side touchdown and is already busily gathering specimens for send-off to Earth.

The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

Euclid, a European space telescope, unveils a stellar nursery 1,300 light-years away, marking the beginning of its ambitious quest to explore the cosmos.

France's Sophie Adenot and Belgium's Raphael Liegeois will be the first two from a new class of European astronauts to blast off to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.

In the occupied far east of Ukraine, Russian forces are aiming waves of missiles against Ukrainian civilian targets. Each of Russia’s state-of-the-art missile launch systems costs more than US$100 million (A$150 million). They allow Russia to launch attacks from safe positions many kilometres behind the front lines.

People standing outside were stunned to see the comet fragment zoom across the sky in Spain and Portugal in the "once in a lifetime moment." The post Comet Fragment Explodes, Illuminating Sky With Blue Fireball Over Spain And Portugal first appeared on Bored Panda.

Letters: Jim Fleming notes that the European Space Agency can wake up a satellite, but his power supplier cannot wake up his smart meters. Plus letters from Andrew Warren and David Redshaw

From planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien life.

Space.com caught up with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher recently to talk about Europe's space plans and priorities going forward.

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spotted carbon dioxide ice producing spider-like plumes