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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and President of the Canadian Space Agency Lisa Campbell

ESA and Canada sign agreement on the exchange of classified…

16/04/2026 660 views 1 likes

Gamma-Cas and its hungry white dwarf companion

Science & Exploration

XRISM solves famous star’s 50-year mystery

24/03/2026 4212 views 69 likes

Smile delivered to space (artist impression, GIF)

Science & Exploration

T-20 days: Smile to launch on 9 April

20/03/2026 3137 views 39 likes

Coronal mass ejection on 27 May 2024

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Plan…

05/03/2026 9131 views 61 likes

Artist impression of the planetary system around the star LHS 1903

Science & Exploration

Cheops discovers late bloomer from another era

12/02/2026 5100 views 40 likes

ESA Director General delivers keynote at the European Space Conference

ESA at the European Space Conference - Day 1

27/01/2026 953 views 5 likes

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher with CNSA Administrator Shan Zhongde during the ESA-CNSA Joint Committee meeting

ESA hosts China's space leaders

14/01/2026 1587 views 5 likes

ESA's highlights for 2026

15/12/2025 7146 views 8 likes

Artist’s impression of black hole in NGC 3783

Science & Exploration

Flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds

09/12/2025 23723 views 153 likes

30 years of SOHO imaging the Sun (unannotated)

Science & Exploration

Sun-watcher SOHO celebrates thirty years

02/12/2025 6923 views 71 likes

Poland and ESA discuss plans for new security centre

27/11/2025 3798 views 21 likes

The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø.

ESA and Norway explore possibility of Arctic Space Centre

27/11/2025 3334 views 27 likes

ESA and CAS teams working on the Smile mission

Science & Exploration

Smile approved for launch in spring 2026

20/11/2025 5698 views 44 likes

The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with India's main space industry association, the Indian Space Association (ISpA).

European Space Agency signs Letter of Intent with Indian Sp…

19/11/2025 723 views 1 likes

Artist's impression of an explosion on another star

Science & Exploration

First confirmed sighting of explosive burst on nearby star

12/11/2025 11373 views 69 likes

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher delivers an opening address at the Space for European Resilience conference in Brussels

Europe turns to space to boost resilience

28/10/2025 7087 views 47 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation …

17/10/2025 1582 views 26 likes

Spain's Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities Diana Morant with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, Director of the Agencia Espacial Española Juan Carlos Cortés and ESA Director of Science and Head of ESAC Carole Mundell.

Spain celebrates ESA heritage with substantial plans for th…

16/10/2025 2987 views 53 likes

Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars

Science & Exploration

Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars

08/10/2025 10301 views 62 likes

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

Science & Exploration

ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS

07/10/2025 626334 views 831 likes

A large crowd assembled for the IAC 2025 plenary session on living on another world, with speakers including ESA's Frank de Winne.

ESA at IAC 2025 - highlights from Day 3

01/10/2025 1057 views 4 likes

Enceladus jets and shadows

Science & Exploration

Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean

01/10/2025 29528 views 96 likes

Edge-on view of our galaxy's great wave

Science & Exploration

Gaia discovers our galaxy’s great wave

30/09/2025 20434 views 164 likes

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher hosted part of the tour of the exhibition at IAC 2025.

ESA at IAC 2025 - highlights from Day 2

30/09/2025 1353 views 5 likes

ESA and Avio signature for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission

Enabling & Support

ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demo…

29/09/2025 5195 views 52 likes

The International Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia where IAC 2025 is taking place

ESA shares stage with international partners at IAC 2025

26/09/2025 2753 views 41 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 11453 views 90 likes

Graphic indicating how Solar Orbiter let us see the connection between energetic electrons in space and their sources on the Sun

Science & Exploration

Double trouble: Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons ba…

01/09/2025 10573 views 69 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 6863 views 42 likes

Entrance to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana

Enabling & Support

New agreements for next decade of launches at Europe’s Spac…

10/07/2025 2462 views 21 likes

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b triggers flares from its host star (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Clingy planets can trigger own doom, suspect Cheops and TESS

02/07/2025 4859 views 56 likes

Italy's IRIDE HEO constellation launched

Italy's IRIDE programme marks major step with first satelli…

24/06/2025 5344 views 24 likes

Director General Josef Aschbacher invites attendees at the International Paris Air Show to share some cake marking the 50th anniversary of the ESA Convention.

ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Four Highlights

19/06/2025 1472 views 18 likes

Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter

Science & Exploration

“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter

19/06/2025 23707 views 80 likes

ESA at Le Bourget 2025 – Day Three Highlights

18/06/2025 1136 views 13 likes

ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Two Highlights

17/06/2025 1452 views 13 likes

Science & Exploration

Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins

17/06/2025 10704 views 48 likes

The morning sun silhouettes the Ariane models at Le Bourget, home to the International Paris Air Show.

ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day One Highlights

16/06/2025 1492 views 14 likes

Solar corona viewed by Proba-3’s ASPIICS

Enabling & Support

Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse

16/06/2025 37977 views 145 likes

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun's south pole

Science & Exploration

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

11/06/2025 83720 views 139 likes

Flyeye's view of the Andromeda galaxy

ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky

05/06/2025 8509 views 87 likes

Sentinel-4 on MTG-S

A breath of fresh data: Sentinel-4 innovates for clean air

04/06/2025 2437 views 23 likes

Dotson Ice Shelf from Sentinel-1

Antarctic glacier caught stealing ice from neighbour

08/05/2025 19011 views 56 likes

ESA Director General reaction to a reduced budget proposal …

05/05/2025 11391 views 72 likes

Science & Exploration

ACES finds its home in orbit

25/04/2025 3682 views 46 likes

Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1

How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic Ice Sheet stability

03/04/2025 2664 views 13 likes

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

Science & Exploration

Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fi…

19/03/2025 91035 views 204 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 22905 views 125 likes

Illustration of the Einstein Probe spacecraft.

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe catches X-ray odd couple

18/02/2025 4490 views 51 likes

Artist impression of brown dwarf Gaia-5b

Science & Exploration

Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data

04/02/2025 11223 views 59 likes

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