NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity passed near a crater this spring during the 45th anniversary of Apollo 16’s trip to Earth’s moon, prompting a connection between two missions.

NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity passed near a crater this spring during the 45th anniversary of Apollo 16’s trip to Earth’s moon, prompting a connection between two missions.

Live coverage from the public days at the Paris Air and Space Show

Our week through the lens: 12-16 June 2017

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 false-colour image over northwest India, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

Operations image of the week: ESA’s mission control centre seen from the air, nestled on the edge of 500 million years of history

Join us Friday, 16 June, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

Technology image of the week: ESA’s Rover Autonomy Testbed vehicle does a twirl during night time testing in Tenerife

Our poor, lonely Sun.

Studying waves in a water bath has revealed significant clues about the processes that take place around black holes.

Space is an inhospitable environment for the human body but we adapt remarkably well. Within hours, the brain adjusts to the lack of an up or down, as if floating is all it has ever known. Now researchers are learning how our internal clock similarly adjusts to the restrictions of space. An ESA-sponsored experiment has found that while you can take the body out of Earth, you can’t take an Earth-based rhythm out of the body. 

Space is an inhospitable environment for the human body but we adapt remarkably well. Within hours, the brain adjusts to the lack of an up or down, as if floating is all it has ever known. Now researchers are learning how our internal clock similarly adjusts to the restrictions of space. An ESA-sponsored experiment has found that while you can take the body out of Earth, you can’t take an Earth-based rhythm out of the body. 

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Working on Europe’s contribution to the Orion spacecraft

ESA Director General Jan Woerner met students at ‘Libreria AsSaggi’ in Rome on 15 June, to discuss the future of Europe’s space activities. Watch the replay

Can total solar eclipses happen on other planets?

And five lost ones have been found.

It’s a trap!

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of NASA’s NuSTAR space mission, the mission’s lead scientist, Fiona Harrison of Caltech, talks about some of her favorite images.

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of NASA’s NuSTAR space mission, the mission’s lead scientist, Fiona Harrison of Caltech, talks about some of her favorite images.

Satellite radar shows unstable ground ahead of the massive landslide that covered part of California’s iconic Highway 1

This website simulates what the eclipse will look like from your location.

Astronomers have traced the alignment of galaxies in massive clusters back 10 billion years.

Satellites are helping to predict favourable conditions for desert locusts to swarm, which poses a threat to agricultural production and, subsequently, livelihoods and food security.

Satellites are helping to predict favourable conditions for desert locusts to swarm, which poses a threat to agricultural production and, subsequently, livelihoods and food security.

After three years, astronomers have ruled out a third body in this close-by star system.

ESA at the International Paris Air Show 2017

ESA at the International Paris Air and Space Show 2017

Space Science Image of the Week: BepiColombo’s carrier craft unfolds its solar wings

Global climate models may underestimate the amount of rain that will fall in the tropics as our planet continues to warm.

NASA has found diverse minerals in rocks examined by the Curiosity rover on lower Mount Sharp, Mars. These suggest that wet environmental conditions there changed over time.

NASA has found diverse minerals in rocks examined by the Curiosity rover on lower Mount Sharp, Mars. These suggest that wet environmental conditions there changed over time.

Global climate models may underestimate the amount of rain that will fall in the tropics as our planet continues to warm.

Our week through the lens: 5-9 June 2017

Rosetta’s detection of xenon provides the first link between comets and our atmosphere

The two artists who created representations of the TRAPPIST-1 system give us a look at the process.

A new video, based on measurements by ESA’s Gaia and Hipparcos satellites, shows how our view of the Orion constellation will evolve over the next 450 000 years.

A new video, based on measurements by ESA’s Gaia and Hipparcos satellites, shows how our view of the Orion constellation will evolve over the next 450 000 years.

How do you visualize distant worlds that you can’t see? A team of artists uses scientific data to imagine exoplanets and other astrophysical phenomena.

How do you visualize distant worlds that you can’t see? A team of artists uses scientific data to imagine exoplanets and other astrophysical phenomena.

Join us Friday, 09 June, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

New research suggests a gradual accumulation of dirt and ice made the seven icy planets.

Every year, 8 June marks World Oceans Day. Satellites continue to monitor our water bodies to help us better understand and protect these natural resources

This 70 km-wide crater and its surrounds offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet.

This 70 km-wide crater and its surrounds offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet.

Two further satellites have formally become part of Europe’s Galileo satnav system, broadcasting timing and navigation signals worldwide while also picking up distress calls across the planet.

Two further satellites have formally become part of Europe’s Galileo satnav system, broadcasting timing and navigation signals worldwide while also picking up distress calls across the planet.

An ancient, red giant star in the throes of a frigid death has produced the coldest known object in the cosmos: the Boomerang Nebula.

An ancient, red giant star in the throes of a frigid death has produced the coldest known object in the cosmos: the Boomerang Nebula.

Technology image of the week: Testing a rover in near darkness to simulate exploration of the Moon’s poles

A new database will help astronomers determine whether flares affect planet habitability.

These extreme galaxies will show us how stars formed in the early universe.

The result confirms our current theory of white dwarf physics.

Data from the GALEX spacecraft suggest that planets around cool dwarf stars may be subjected to intense flares.

Data from the GALEX spacecraft suggest that planets around cool dwarf stars may be subjected to intense flares.

Follow us via live webstream on 8 June from 9:15 CEST for ESA’s Grand Challenge Innovation Exchange to shape the future of resources management in space

Space Science Image of the Week: Tracing the shifting gaze of ESA’s XMM-Newton as it swings between X-ray sources

Human spaceflight image of the week: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet calls loved ones after landing safely back on Earth.

This gas giant gives “hot Jupiter” a whole new meaning.

If black holes get a kick at birth, our current supernova theory might need some updating.

Pioneering astronomy work is being done at this hidden gem in China

First live event with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet after six months in space. Watch from 11:00 today

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of survey data of asteroid and comet discoveries.

A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot, it’s being vaporized by its own star.

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of survey data of asteroid and comet discoveries.

A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot, it’s being vaporized by its own star.

Last year was the hottest on record, Arctic sea ice is on the decline and sea levels continue to rise. In this context, satellites are providing us with an unbiased view of how our climate is changing and the effects it is having on our pl…

Last year was the hottest on record, Arctic sea ice is on the decline and sea levels continue to rise. In this context, satellites are providing us with an unbiased view of how our climate is changing and the effects it is having on our pl…

Highlights from ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s return to Earth at the end of his six-month Proxima mission to the International Space Station on 2 June 2017.

After working hard to design a spacecraft, the students presented their ideas to NASA scientists.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the Internationa…

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the Internationa…

Our week through the lens: 29 May – 2 June 2017

Our week through the lens: 29 May – 2 June 2017

People will view the spectacle from thousands of locations. Here are some that warrant your consideration.

Zooniverse has launched its 100th project on its 10th birthday.

Earth observation image of the week: part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast is pictured in this Sentinel-2 image

The Ariane 5 rocket, operated by Arianespace, has carried its heaviest telecommunications payload ever to deliver the ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat-172B satellites into their planned orbits. 

The Ariane 5 rocket, operated by Arianespace, has carried its heaviest telecommunications payload ever to deliver the ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat-172B satellites into their planned orbits. 

A novel JPL instrument offers a simultaneous view of ocean currents and winds from multiple directions.

A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed from one part of the lake to another, NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found.

A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed from one part of the lake to another, NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found.

A novel JPL instrument offers a simultaneous view of ocean currents and winds from multiple directions.

While the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite is in orbit delivering a wealth of information about our home planet, engineers are putting its twin, Sentinel-3B, through a series of vigorous tests before it is shipped to the launch site next y…

While the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite is in orbit delivering a wealth of information about our home planet, engineers are putting its twin, Sentinel-3B, through a series of vigorous tests before it is shipped to the launch site next y…

‘Life everywhere’ is the theme of Ecsite 2017, 13-17 June, Porto, Portugal

‘Life everywhere’ is the theme of Ecsite 2017, 13-17 June, Porto, Portugal

Our sun was still dim. Waves crashed on martian beaches. Life was emerging on Earth.
That’s when the ghosts of two dead stars — black holes dozens of times more massive than our sun — merged in a far-off corner of the universe. In the…

When researchers want to take pictures of very small things, like individual molecules, they have to get creative.
When scales shrink to seemingly imperceivable levels, images must be captured using indirect techniques that record how the subject being…

Thwaites Glacier is melting rapidly but not as fast as earlier research predicted, according to a new NASA study using a more realistic computer model.

Thwaites Glacier is melting rapidly but not as fast as earlier research predicted, according to a new NASA study using a more realistic computer model.

Operations image of the week: ESA’s satellite control centre dresses up for its 50th anniversary.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian commander Oleg Novitsky are coming home after six months in space on Friday – watch live

The image also features a special appearance from a dying star.

PDS 110’s mysterious eclipses may be caused by one big natural megastructure.

Pale “halos” around fractures in bedrock analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid water for a long time.

Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus may have tipped over in the distant past, according to recent research from NASA’s Cassini mission.

Pale “halos” around fractures in bedrock analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid water for a long time.

Saturn’s icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus may have tipped over in the distant past, according to recent research from NASA’s Cassini mission.

After sending back a strangely unclear image, the team looked into the photo further.

When stars get too close to a black hole, they go out with a whimper, not a bang.