Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are ...

Deep field: An area of Euclid’s Deep Field South featuring galaxies in a variety of shapes and colours (courtesy: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA ... releasing a first data batch in May 2024. The ...

Results from the encounter should help guide operational planning for a mission set to explore Martian moons in 2026, the ESA said. That mission, in conjunction with NASA and French and German ...

The pictures were taken by the ESA's Hera mission, which is on its way to an asteroid called Dimorphos as part of efforts to make our planet safer. Hera was able to get up to 1000km away from ...