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Europe on the moon: ESA targeting 2031 for 1st 'Argonaut' lunar lander mission

The first robotic Argonaut moon landing mission is targeted for 2031, the European Space Agency noted in a document published last week.

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Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they've found a solution

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft is back to routine operations studying the Milky Way after a meteor strike punctured its protective shield, allowing charged solar particles to stream through.

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ESA's Ramses Spacecraft To Accompany Asteroid Apophis In 2029

Learn about the upcoming close encounter with asteroid Apophis in 2029 and how scientists are preparing to study it for valuable insights.

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Sprites from space! Astronaut photographs rare red lightning phenomenon from ISS

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a rare surprise while imaging an intense thunderstorm off the coast of South Africa. He spotted a red sprite, a rare type of lightning.

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'ESA Space Bricks' landing at Lego Stores could help build real Artemis moon base

Scientists found the building bricks for moon bases in the toy store, and you can see them there, too. ESA researchers discovered more than inspiration from Lego while working on Artemis structures.

Space

For The First Time, Water Frost Was Spotted Near Mars’s Equator

New scientific research not only surprised scientists with water frost near Mars’s equator, but also with lava tubes that could, in the future, protect astronauts from stormy conditions on the planet’s surface. The post For The First Time, Water Frost Was Spotted Near Mars’s Equator first appeared on Bored Panda.

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12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations

New findings show the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy had a late growth spurt.

Space

The ESA’s Swarm Satellites Recorded “Something Peculiar” In The Northern Sky

The European Space Agency’s trio of Swarm satellites recently discovered a river of plasma high in the upper reaches of Earth’s magnetic field.

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Aiming for the stars lands French astronaut Sophie Adenot a ticket to ISS

France's Sophie Adenot – chosen to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission – dreamed of spaceflight since she was a child, but was warned off being too ambitious.

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French, Belgian Astronauts Named Next Europeans To Fly To ISS

France's Sophie Adenot and Belgium's Raphael Liegeois will be the first two from a new class of European astronauts to blast off to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.

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NASA, ESA join forces on life-hunting ExoMars rover

NASA and ESA have signed an agreement to team up on the ExoMars rover mission, which aims to launch a life-hunting robot toward the Red Planet in 2028.

Space

Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sun

The video gives an insight into the energetic events that transfer energy and plasma into the solar corona that ultimately drives the solar wind.

Space

China's 'lobster eye' Einstein telescope releases 1st batch of trippy space images

Flaring stars, black hole outbursts and gamma-rays are just some of the cosmic exotica that Einstein Probe will hunt for.

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Einstein Probe X-ray telescope releases 1st images taken with 'lobster vision'

Einstein Probe, which is the new Chinese–European X-ray mission, has revealed its first widescreen views of the universe.

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Mars exploration, new rockets and more: Interview with ESA chief Josef Aschbacher

Space.com caught up with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher recently to talk about Europe's space plans and priorities going forward.

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Mars Covered In Hundreds Of “Spiders” In Horrifying New Satellite Footage

Images shared by the European Space Agency (ESA) captured what appeared to be spiders but were actually the result of carbon dioxide deposits turning into gas. The post Mars Covered In Hundreds Of “Spiders” In Horrifying New Satellite Footage first appeared on Bored Panda.

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ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training

The "Hoppers" — five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency — are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.

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Australian taxpayers paid $466,000 for training of nation’s first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg

With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program

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“If a musical piece lasts for 6 minutes 30 seconds, it usually means it took me that time to create it”: Vangelis on how the natural, positive force of music got corrupted

In a rare interview, the singular creative force detailed his distaste for the music industry and explained his thinking on the science and power of his art

Latin Times

Astronomers Discover Largest Black Hole In Milky Way: Study

The black hole, named Gaia BH3, was discovered "by chance" from data collected by the European Space Agency's Gaia mission.

Space

Life on Enceladus? Europe eyes astrobiology mission to Saturn ocean moon

The future European Space Agency mission could include an orbiting spacecraft as well as a lander, both of which would sample ocean material in Enceladus' plumes.

Space

Europe's upcoming Mars rover now has a detailed map to aid its search for ancient Red Planet life (video)

The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover now has a detailed map with which to help find its way around the Red Planet when it lands sometime in the next decade.

Space

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts share the good and bad of spending 6 months in space

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa spoke about their six months on the space station.

Space

Big, dead satellite's crash was a space-junk wakeup call, experts say

The uncontrolled reentry of the European Space Agency's defunct ERS-2 satellite was a reminder that operators should plan out the safe demise of their spacecraft.

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