A fairly large asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will safely pass about 1.1 million miles from Earth on April 19. That’s about 4.6 times the Earth-moon distance.

A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA’s upcoming exoplanet satellite into space.

A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA’s upcoming exoplanet satellite into space.

Europe’s Galileo satnav network does more than let us find our way – it is also helping to save lives. Today sees a spotlight cast on Galileo’s Search and Rescue service, which pinpoints people in distress on land or sea.

Europe’s Galileo satnav network does more than let us find our way – it is also helping to save lives. Today sees a spotlight cast on Galileo’s Search and Rescue service, which pinpoints people in distress on land or sea.

Join us Friday, 07 April, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

Yale astronomers found what a computer missed.

The Event Horizon Telescope will peer into the space immediately surrounding our galaxy’s supermassive black hole.

Two new papers offer up competing theories.

The planet GJ 1132b clings on to its atmosphere despite orbiting a small, active star … and that’s important.

Where life might be lurking in the galaxy

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration Image of the week: Taking it to the Supermax

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration Image of the week: Taking it to the Supermax

At first glance this scene may seem nothing out of the ordinary, but the large elongated crater marks the imprint of an impacting body that may have broken into three before it hit Mars.

At first glance this scene may seem nothing out of the ordinary, but the large elongated crater marks the imprint of an impacting body that may have broken into three before it hit Mars.

Operations image of the week: Astronauts accidentally release a protective shield, which is now flying ahead of the Space Station but will soon drop out of orbit

Operations image of the week: Astronauts accidentally release a protective shield, which is now flying ahead of the Space Station but will soon drop out of orbit

NASA’s digital presence has earned five nominations for Webby Awards, the premier honor for online communications, from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

NASA’s digital presence has earned five nominations for Webby Awards, the premier honor for online communications, from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Technology image of the week: you are invited to visit ESA’s technical heart for its annual Open Day on 8 October

Technology image of the week: you are invited to visit ESA’s technical heart for its annual Open Day on 8 October

She was already set to make history when she added another three months to her mission.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn since 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn since 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story.

Sentinel-1 radar coverage of the 1 April mudslide in Colombia shows the extent of land movement

Sentinel-1 radar coverage of the 1 April mudslide in Colombia shows the extent of land movement

After months of traveling, the spacecraft is halfway to its next target.

Moons in the solar system come in many different forms. Some are boulder-sized, while one is larger than the planet Mercury. Some are mixtures of rock and iron, while others hide oceans and rocky cores under icy surfaces. Two even look a bit like walnu…

Space Science Image of the Week: Look up to see the target of our future Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer shine at its brightest this week

Space Science Image of the Week: Look up to see the target of our future Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer shine at its brightest this week

Our week through the lens: 27-31 March 2017

When his father was diagnosed with a debilitating disease four years ago, it sparked Ivo Vieira into developing a novel means of communication for people coping with extreme limitations, building on technology originally explored to help E…

When his father was diagnosed with a debilitating disease four years ago, it sparked Ivo Vieira into developing a novel means of communication for people coping with extreme limitations, building on technology originally explored to help E…

The energetic x-ray event is leaving astronomers positively perplexed.

The shadow-y sub-Neptune world may finally be revealed.

Slooh offers countdown coverage, viewer photo submissions, and a live viewing.

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1 radar image of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

NASA’s JPL has been prototyping new technologies for exploring ocean worlds.

NASA’s JPL has been prototyping new technologies for exploring ocean worlds.

Join us Friday, 31 March, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

This could signal an end to a debate about Type Ia supernovae progenitors.

Operations image of the week: Mission controllers monitoring the approach and docking of ATV Edoardo Amaldi with the International Space Station this week in 2012

NASA will hold a news conference on Tuesday, April 4, at JPL, to preview the beginning of Cassini’s final mission segment (called the Grand Finale), which begins in late April.

NASA has selected 28 fellows for its prestigious Einstein, Hubble and Sagan fellowships.

NASA will hold a news conference on Tuesday, April 4, at JPL, to preview the beginning of Cassini’s final mission segment (called the Grand Finale), which begins in late April.

NASA has selected 28 fellows for its prestigious Einstein, Hubble and Sagan fellowships.

The most data-productive Mars spacecraft passed orbit 50,000 this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever gathered by a camera at the Red Planet.

The most data-productive Mars spacecraft passed orbit 50,000 this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever gathered by a camera at the Red Planet.

The distribution of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies isn’t a problem for the current cosmological model.

Technology image of the week: snow-dusted Norwegian fjords imaged by ESA’s Earth-observing Proba-V minisatellite

Peter Theisinger, who led projects that developed multiple NASA rovers that successfully landed on Mars, will receive a National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Trophy.

Peter Theisinger, who led projects that developed multiple NASA rovers that successfully landed on Mars, will receive a National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Trophy.

Two ancient sites on Mars that hosted an abundance of water in the planet’s early history have been recommended as the final candidates for the landing site of the 2020 ExoMars rover and surface science platform: Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis.

Two ancient sites on Mars that hosted an abundance of water in the planet’s early history have been recommended as the final candidates for the landing site of the 2020 ExoMars rover and surface science platform: Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis.

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration Image of the week: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during his second spacewalk

This minor galaxy merger hosts a major surprise: a tiny galaxy with a huge black hole.

Water, water, everywhere, and this is what it means for the search for alien life.

Discover our planet’s changing climate through the eyes of satellites with Climate from Space, a new digital book for iPad and Android tablets featuring interactive maps and video interviews with top scientists.

Discover our planet’s changing climate through the eyes of satellites with Climate from Space, a new digital book for iPad and Android tablets featuring interactive maps and video interviews with top scientists.

A look back on the preparations for the 7 March liftoff of Sentinel-2B

A supermassive black hole inside a tiny galaxy is challenging scientists’ ideas about what happens when two galaxies become one.

Robots zipped through a steampunk-themed competition this past weekend in Long Beach, California.

NASA has selected a science mission that will measure emissions from the interstellar medium, which is the cosmic material found between stars.

Robots zipped through a steampunk-themed competition this past weekend in Long Beach, California.

NASA has selected a science mission that will measure emissions from the interstellar medium, which is the cosmic material found between stars.

Space Science Image of the Week: New views of the ExoMars rover as teams discuss landing sites

Around 250 million measurements taken by ESA’s CryoSat over the last six years have been used to create a unique 3D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of the undulating surface of this vast ice sheet.

Around 250 million measurements taken by ESA’s CryoSat over the last six years have been used to create a unique 3D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of the undulating surface of this vast ice sheet.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its fifth flyby over Jupiter’s mysterious cloud tops on Monday, March 27, at 1:52 a.m. PDT (4:52 a.m. EDT, 8:52 UTC).

NASA coral reef studies in Hawaii this winter will help scientists understand this unique environment and evaluate a possible satellite mission.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its fifth flyby over Jupiter’s mysterious cloud tops on Monday, March 27, at 1:52 a.m. PDT (4:52 a.m. EDT, 8:52 UTC).

NASA coral reef studies in Hawaii this winter will help scientists understand this unique environment and evaluate a possible satellite mission.

New findings from ESA’s magnetic field Swarm mission were the highlight of ESA’s science conference in Canada

Our week through the lens: 20-24 March 2017

Photographer Gregor Sailer has been awarded at the European Architectural Prize 2017 for his depictions of space infrastructure

This rogue black hole may have been ousted from the center of its galaxy by gravitational waves.

This pulsar aims high — it emits more energetic X-rays than Andromeda’s supermassive black hole.

Satellite radar scans of last year’s earthquake in New Zealand are changing the way we are thinking about earthquake hazards in regions where our planet’s tectonic plates meet.

Satellite radar scans of last year’s earthquake in New Zealand are changing the way we are thinking about earthquake hazards in regions where our planet’s tectonic plates meet.

A new study finds last year’s magnitude 7.8 New Zealand earthquake was so complex and unusual it is likely to change how scientists think about quake hazards around the world.

The Milky Way’s closest neighbor, Andromeda, features a dominant source of high-energy X-ray emission, but its identity was mysterious until now.

A new study finds last year’s magnitude 7.8 New Zealand earthquake was so complex and unusual it is likely to change how scientists think about quake hazards around the world.

JPL’s concept to study Venus was included among the 10 studies selected.

A new study finds last year’s magnitude 7.8 New Zealand earthquake was so complex and unusual it is likely to change how scientists think about quake hazards around the world.

JPL’s concept to study Venus was included among the 10 studies selected.

A new study finds last year’s magnitude 7.8 New Zealand earthquake was so complex and unusual it is likely to change how scientists think about quake hazards around the world.

Watch live from Friday 10:30 GMT (11:30 CET) as Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough leave the International Space Station on a spacewalk

Join us Friday, 24 March, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme.

Space is pretty cool — and so are the women who make spaceflight possible.

Like the Greek god Cronus, some stars are not kind to their children.

Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving.

Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving.

The tilt of Ceres’ rotation axis could be related to ice in shadowed regions, research from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests.

For more than 12 years, A.I. developed at JPL has tracked wildfires, floods and erupting volcanoes.

For more than 12 years, A.I. developed at JPL has tracked wildfires, floods and erupting volcanoes.

The tilt of Ceres’ rotation axis could be related to ice in shadowed regions, research from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests.

Operations image of the week: Engineers working in ESA’s control room in 1978

Technology image of the week: these small structures have been 3D printed out of simulated Mars dust

The Rosetta mission captured moving boulders and collapsing cliffs on the surface of comet 67P between 2014 and 2016.

It was around the time the dinosaurs went extinct.