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Video Shows Glorious Unboxing of James Webb Space Telescope
Unboxing Vid Step aside, influencers. The coolest unboxing video this week isn't a toy or gadget. Instead, it's the mighty James Webb Space Telescope — an orbital observatory so advanced that some...
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Scientists Spot Hidden Water in Mars' Grand Canyon
With the help of the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), a team of scientists has made a fascinating discovery: a huge deposit of water at the bottom of the Valles Marineris, one...
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Europe Officially Cancels Russian Rocket-Powered Mars Rover Launch
Suspended The European Space Agency (ESA) announced today that it's suspending the launch of its ExoMars rover mission — because it was planning to use a Russian-made Proton rocket. Sanctions imposed...
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Unfortunate Comet Flies Too Close to the Sun, Disintegrates and Becomes a Ghost
A much beloved comet flew a little too close to the Sun and appears to have disintegrated during its closest approach — an apt metaphor, and appropriate end, for the space snowball. The comet, dubbed...
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Scientists Release Stunning Picture Taken Really Close to the Sun
Sun Spotting The European Space Agency has released an extraordinary image obtained by its Solar Orbiter, a sophisticated spacecraft designed to observe the Sun from much closer than Earth — and...
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Please Enjoy This Cozy Video of an Astronaut Getting Ready to Slumber
Sleep Tight It looks pretty hard to wash your face when the cloth and water you're using keep floating away. But you can still watch astronaut Matthias Maurer, of the European Space Agency, conquer the...
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POV: You're Watching the first TikTok Made in Space
FYP The for you page is getting a little more far out than usual with the European Space Agency celebrating the first TikTok ever made in space. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti posted the...
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Mars Rock Samples Probably Won't Infect Earth With Deadly Martian Plague,...
If you're worried about NASA's plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth to study them, you probably don't need to be. In interviews with The Philadelphia Inquirer, scientists maintained that there's very...
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ESA Unveils Plan to Send Spacecraft Through Venus'"Hot, Thick" Atmosphere
Too Hot to Handle The European Space Agency is preparing to send an orbital spacecraft to Venus — a feat which will require some out-of-the-box thinking to survive the planet's grueling atmosphere. In...
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European Space Agency Halts Plans to Send Astronauts to Chinese Space Station
To he Left It looks like the space relationship — spacelationship? — between the European Union and China may be disintegrating before even being officially launched. As the South China Morning Post...
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European Space Agency Shows Off Concept for Martian Sample Picker-Upper
Earthbound The European Space Agency has shown off a concept for an eight-foot robotic arm, designed to pick up samples of Martian soil — small containers previously prepared by NASA's Perseverance...
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Scientists Launch JUICE Mission to Distant Worlds
Lucid Dreams The European Space Agency has successfully launched an exciting new deep space mission to visit Jupiter's icy moons, which are considered to be some of the best places to search for...
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Strange Creature Appears at Historic Rocket Launch
Star of the Show As the European Space Agency was setting up to launch a massive Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, an adorable little creature could be seen enjoying some...
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Space Probe Takes Stunning Close Up Images of Mercury
Warts and All The BepiColombo mission, a joint European-Japanese effort, has recently completed its third of six planned flybys of Mercury, capturing dozens of images in the process. Three of those...
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Europe Worried About Nasty Crotch Situation Among Moon Astronauts
Astronaughty Bits The European Space Agency appears to be preoccupied with what goes on in astronauts' nethers — and they've commissioned a study dedicated to fighting microbial stank. In a press...
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Attempt to Clean Up Space Junk Foiled When Cleanup Target Hit by Even More...
Murphy's Law Clearspace-1, the European Space Agency's experimental mission to remove a large piece of space junk, just had its plans blow up in its face — quite literally. Its intended target for...
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Amazing Video Soars Over Mars' Epic "Labyrinth of Night"
Labyrinth of Night A stunning new video by the European Space Agency shows the vastness of Mars' gigantic 2,500-miles-across Valles Marineris, the Red Planet's equivalent of our Earth's Grand Canyon....
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Scientists Catch Mars Glowing Green
Glow On During a recent probe, the European Space Agency's ExoMars probe spotted the Red Planet glowing green at night. In a blog post, the ESA said that the ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission...
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Scientists Simulate What It's Like to Dive Into Uranus
Ice Plunge The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are shrouded in a frosty and swirling atmosphere of largely hydrogen and helium. And neither planet features a solid surface, which complicates our efforts...
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Scientists Discover Enough Mars Ice to Cover Planet in Water
New data from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter suggests a massive deposit called the Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) holds enough water ice to cover the entire planet in an ocean that's...
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