As the European Space Agency (ESA) approaches its 50th anniversary, its ambitions for lunar exploration are taking a sharp turn. Against the backdrop of growing geopolitical tension and an ...

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...

There are a lot of satellites, and a lot of trash, around our planet — and the quantities are only going to get higher.

"We will look back 10 billion years in cosmic history." Related ESA's Euclid spacecraft spots 'stunning' rare Einstein Ring in far off galaxy The Euclid space telescope, which was launched July ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) LightShip initiative is studying the possibilities for a propulsive tug, or “interplanetary transfer service”. Additionally, four consortia will define what a small, ...

But its legacy lives on. Rendering of the Gaia telescope in space.Credit...ESA/ATG medialab; ESO, via S. Brunier Supported by By Katrina Miller From ancient star streams to the innards of white ...

The European Space Agency has released ESA Strategy 2040, outlining how it plans to approach the “challenges and opportunities” of space up to 2040. Its stated aim is to “Lead and orchestrate European ...