‘Europa Clipper’: NASA launches largest interplanetary spacecraft to search for traces of life on Jupiter’s moon
A vast ocean hidden beneath the ice on Europa is one of the most likely places to find organisms beyond Earth
‘Hera’, the first European planetary defense mission, launches successfully
The probe, an ESA project, will study the consequences of a deliberate impact by a NASA spacecraft against an asteroid in order to alter its trajectory
A camera in space to photograph the unphotographable
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For the first time, Spain is leading an ESA scientific mission, the ARRAKIHS project, to learn more about dark matter in the universe
Europe launches the Ariane 6, the most powerful rocket in its history
The European Space Agency is attempting the first flight of the largest device developed on the continent
Europe set to launch Ariane 6 rocket to achieve independence in space
The ESA is attempting the first flight of the largest and most powerful device developed on the continent, which if successful will end European dependence on allies and private companies
Largest compendium of space medicine sheds light on what happens to astronauts’ bodies
Without protection systems, the kidneys are one of the organs that would fail after the time of exposure to radiation necessary to reach Mars and return
‘Starliner’ finally launches, taking two astronauts to the International Space Station
NASA tests the Boeing ship that is competing with SpaceX to establish a regular transportation line between Earth and future lunar bases
Carole Mundell, astronomer: ‘Half of the known universe is at more than 1,000ºC and we don’t know why’
The head of science at the European Space Agency and former advisor to the British government speaks with passion and clarity about research, politics, sexism, space exploration and scientific integrity
An object from the sky smashed through my roof: Space debris is starting to be a problem
The international community is pushing for the approval of rigorous standards that track and limit the obsolete objects that can pass through the atmosphere and cause material damage on Earth
Massive deposits of water ice discovered on the equator of Mars
These deposits, which would be enough to fill the Red Sea, could be used by astronauts on exploration missions and to study the possible existence of life on the Red Planet
25 years of the International Space Station: What next for a ‘beacon of peaceful international scientific collaboration’
Russia’s tensions with the U.S. and Europe make it difficult to reach an agreement on the end of the largest international cooperation project in space, which will remain operational at least until 2030
The European Space Agency publishes the first images of the Euclid space mission
ESA presents the first results from the telescope that aims to understand the two biggest enigmas of the universe: dark matter and dark energy
Reserve astronaut and oncologist Sara García: ‘We still outperform machines’
The researcher defends the utility of human presence in space to study aging and cancer in order to apply that knowledge on Earth
NASA finds a wide variety of organic compounds in an ancient Martian lake
The Perseverance rover has detected the possible presence of key building blocks of life formed approximately 3,500 million years ago
‘Euclid’, the European space telescope that will open a window to the dark universe, blasts off successfully
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The launch from Cape Canaveral, with a SpaceX rocket, kicks off a mission to study the great enigmas of the universe from a spot 1.5 million kilometers from Earth