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Member of ESA's new class of astronauts John McFall attends the European Space Agency (ESA) Council at Ministerial level (CM22) at the Grand Palais Ephemere in Paris, France, November 23, 2022. Photo by Benoit Tessier/REUTERS

Science Nov 23

European Space Agency selects first astronaut with a disability

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

Science Jun 13

Milky Way at Mount Olympus
European ‘star survey’ reveals celestial treasure trove

The new data includes new information such as the age, mass, temperature and chemical composition of stars.

By Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Science Feb 28

The famous Earthrise photograph captured by astronaut William Anders in 1968. These astronauts didn't know they were actually still inside of the Earth's geocorona. Image courtesy of NASA
If this space study is right, humans have never left Earth’s atmosphere

A new study redefines the boundaries of our planet.

By Vicky Stein

Science Oct 25

Hundreds of thousands of satellites and pieces of space debris circle the planet in low orbit, zipping by at more than 17,000 miles per hour. Size of yellow points are exaggerated for visibility. Image by NASA
Hazardous space junk is piling up. Can this satellite help?

More than a half a million pieces of trash whiz at more than 17,000 miles per hour around the planet, threatening the lives of astronauts on the International Space Station and the functionality of satellites scattered across low Earth orbit.

By Vicky Stein

Science Jul 25

View of Mars' south polar ice cap as captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express. Photo by ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Mars has a giant hidden lake. Could there be life in it?

Deep beneath the frigid surface of its southern ice cap, Mars holds a lake of liquid water nearly three times larger than the island of Manhattan.

By Lee Billings, Scientific American

Jun 27

‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar visitor, is just a comet

By Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American

Oumuamua is almost certainly a comet, albeit one fittingly alien from those we find orbiting the sun, according to a new study published Wednesday.

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Apr 26

This stunning map of the Milky Way pinpoints more than 1 billion stars

By Lee Billings, Scientific American

The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has released a catalog, the most detailed to date, of more than 1.5 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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Dec 01

ExoMars orbiter gets up close to the Red Planet

By Leigh Anne Tiffany

European scientists are getting new snapshots of the Red Planet thanks to the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.

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Oct 21

Mystery solved. ExoMars lander crashed, possibly exploded on the Red Planet

By Alison Thoet

The European Space Agency lost communication with the Schiaparelli lander soon after it entered the Martian atmosphere on Wednesday. On Friday, mission scientists revealed its fate.

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Sep 30

Rosetta, the first comet orbiter, shares final moments before crashing

By Nsikan Akpan

The Rosetta spacecraft ended its historic, 12-year cruise through the cosmos on Friday after two years of orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk…

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