Image: Celebrating Solar Orbiter and the women behind the mission To source
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ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf
Video: 00:01:40 Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to sense the gravitational tug or ‘wobble’ the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are […]
Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6
Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Science, Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Space Transportation, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, and Arianespace Chief Commercial Officer, Steven Rutgers, signed the launch agreement to fly ESA’s scientific mission Plato; the formal step took place at the European Space Conference in Brussels, Belgium. To source
Signed and sealed: Envision can move towards construction
On 28 January 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to build the Envision spacecraft. Launching in the 2030s, Envision will be the first mission to investigate Venus from its inner core to its upper atmosphere. It will investigate what made our most Earth-like neighbour turn out so […]
Leo P (NIRCam image)
Image: Leo P (NIRCam image) To source
Jetting into space
Image: Jetting into space To source
Mars plays hide and seek with Wolf Moon
Image: Mars plays hide and seek with Wolf Moon To source
The best Milky Way map, by Gaia
Image: The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (artist impression) To source
The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (edge-on)
Image: The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (artist impression, edge-on) To source
Planet-forming discs lived longer in early Universe
Our understanding of planet formation in the Universe’s early days is challenged by new data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Webb solved a puzzle by proving a controversial finding made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope more than 20 years ago. To source
Smile's other half arrives | Let’s Smile (action snippet)
Video: 00:01:22 On 9 December 2024, the Smile Platform arrived safely at Amsterdam Schiphol airport and was subsequently transported to ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. It came a long way, having travelled all the way from Shanghai, China. This marks an important step in the Smile mission, […]
BepiColombo reveals Mercury in a new light
On 1 December 2024, BepiColombo flew past Mercury for the fifth time. During this flyby, BepiColombo became the first spacecraft ever to observe Mercury in mid-infrared light. The new images reveal variations in temperature and composition across the planet’s cratered surface. To source
Bepi, Mio and MTM greet Mercury for the fifth time
Image: Bepi, Mio and MTM greet Mercury for the fifth time To source