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Hera approaches Dimorphos

Space naming odyssey: why is ESA’s asteroid mission called …

14/07/2026 338 views 4 likes

Hera's instruments on its top 'asteroid deck'

Deep space software upgrade for Hera’s asteroid visit

08/07/2026 2164 views 37 likes

Don Quijote CubeSat around Dimorphos asteroid

Surface CubeSat contracted for Ramses asteroid mission

02/07/2026 2360 views 34 likes

Asteroid Day & eight other key dates in asteroid history

30/06/2026 2191 views 32 likes

Ramses central tube in cleanroom

Backbone of Ramses asteroid mission stands tall

25/06/2026 667 views 8 likes

Boosting European leadership in in-space operations and ser…

10/06/2026 1503 views 14 likes

MTG-LI detection of 22 January 2026 fireball over the Gulf of Aden. The observed signal shows a gradual increase in brightness as the meteor penetrates deeper into the atmosphere, before rapidly fading as it fragments or burns up.

Fireballs and lightning, very, very frightening – or not!

13/05/2026 1214 views 11 likes

ESA and JAXA team up on planetary defence, Ramses mission t…

07/05/2026 6059 views 70 likes

ROSIE solar radio telescope

ESA funds Polish radio telescope to monitor solar outbursts

22/04/2026 852 views 11 likes

Hera approaching Didymos asteroids

Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous

17/03/2026 4855 views 77 likes

ESA analysing fireball over Europe on 8 March 2026

09/03/2026 24683 views 85 likes

James Webb Space Telescope spots faint asteroid 2024 YR4 - 18 February 2026

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon

05/03/2026 11851 views 57 likes

ESA awards contracts for Ramses mission to Apophis

10/02/2026 4455 views 44 likes

Four-satellite Cluster mission

Moving satellites to meet a plane for rare reentry data

02/02/2026 6294 views 31 likes

Coronal Mass Ejection erupts from the Sun on 18 January 2026

ESA monitoring January 2026 space weather event

20/01/2026 23730 views 67 likes

ESA's Planetary Defence team

10 asteroids named to honour ESA’s role in Planetary Defence

13/01/2026 2981 views 33 likes

An airplane in front of the Sun

When the Sun disrupts aviation

15/12/2025 2999 views 11 likes

Space Safety brochure front

Boost in funding expands Space Safety programme

28/11/2025 3069 views 5 likes

Lessons from the November 2025 solar storm

21/11/2025 15291 views 75 likes

Observation of 40 000 near-Earth Asteroids

40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!

20/11/2025 6151 views 51 likes

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

ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars

14/11/2025 153980 views 217 likes

ESA monitoring November 2025 space weather event

12/11/2025 35372 views 70 likes

Space debris surrounding Earth

Sounding the alarm: ESA introduces space environment ‘healt…

22/10/2025 11372 views 88 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Flying through the biggest solar storm ever recorded

15/10/2025 30559 views 104 likes

ESA’s Hera targets early arrival at Didymos asteroids

07/10/2025 3225 views 14 likes

French meteorite challenges asteroid hazard models

02/10/2025 2148 views 14 likes

Locations of lunar impact flashes detected by the NELIOTA project

ESA’s new project to keep an eye on Moon strikes

23/09/2025 3543 views 8 likes

ESA's Ramses mission at the asteroid Apophis

ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration

27/08/2025 4946 views 63 likes

Model of the distribution of space debris around Earth

CREAM: avoiding collisions in space through automation

12/08/2025 7688 views 65 likes

Asteroid (18805) Kellyday

First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit

06/08/2025 6208 views 63 likes

ESA observes interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

ESA tracks rare interstellar comet

03/07/2025 82820 views 503 likes

Flyeye's view of the Andromeda galaxy

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

05/06/2025 8868 views 89 likes

ESA's Cyber Security Operations Centre

ESA inaugurates new Cyber Security Operations Centre

27/05/2025 4523 views 32 likes

Ramses mission patch

Second CubeSat joins ESA’s Ramses mission to asteroid Apoph…

20/05/2025 4776 views 71 likes

Spain to support ESA satellite removal mission CAT

16/05/2025 2208 views 12 likes

Space Safety

Space Safety Programme at 2025 Ministerial Council

08/05/2025 6791 views 15 likes

Space debris surrounding Earth

ESA Space Environment Report 2025

01/04/2025 81616 views 85 likes

Hera's autonomous surface feature tracking during Mars flyby

Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars

25/03/2025 4622 views 40 likes

Where space weather starts

Supercomputing powers for space weather models

25/03/2025 1368 views 12 likes

Cartoon Hera made using LEGO® bricks, designed by Frans Snik

Hera’s incredible adventures in brick building

13/03/2025 3817 views 32 likes

Sir Brian May and the rest of Hera's science team see Mars image arrive

Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon

13/03/2025 25263 views 140 likes

Hera swings by Mars

Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby

10/03/2025 28383 views 119 likes

Ramses mission patch

First CubeSat joins ESA's Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis

05/03/2025 6053 views 52 likes

Asteroid 2024 YR4 impact risk rises and falls

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant impact risk

25/02/2025 30732 views 89 likes

Near-Earth objects

ESA endorses Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defen…

07/02/2025 9880 views 66 likes

Asteroid - artist's impression

ESA actively monitoring near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4

29/01/2025 192744 views 145 likes

German laser ranging company receives ESA innovation award

21/11/2024 2738 views 11 likes

ESA has signed a contract with Hemeria worth €9.8 million to design, build and operate Swing, the Agency’s first space weather nanosatellite mission. Swing will aim at demonstrating the value of nanosatellites to gather space weather data and support the commercialisation trend in the New Space era.

Hemeria to implement ESA’s first space weather nanosatellit…

20/11/2024 2154 views 7 likes

CubeSat Deep Space Deployers in Hera spacecraft

Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home

28/10/2024 5665 views 62 likes

ESA's Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis

ESA moves forward with Apophis mission preparations

17/10/2024 14571 views 128 likes

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