European space agency

European Space Agency's Euclid telescope takes off to seek out the universe's darkest secrets

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

SpaceX launched the European Space Agency’s Euclid observatory toward its ultimate destination 1 million miles away, the James Webb Space Telescope’s neighborhood.

European Space Agency selects first astronaut with a disability

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

John McFall, a 41-year-old Briton who lost his right leg when he was 19 and went on to compete in the Paralympics, called his selection at Europe's answer to NASA "a real turning point and mark in history."…

European 'star survey' reveals celestial treasure trove

By Frank Jordans, Associated Press

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

If this space study is right, humans have never left Earth's atmosphere

By Vicky Stein

A new study redefines the boundaries of our planet.

Hazardous space junk is piling up. Can this satellite help?

By Vicky Stein

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.

Mars has a giant hidden lake. Could there be life in it?

By Lee Billings, Scientific American

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.