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Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

Space

SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission with China in early 2026 after a long collaboration.

Space

ESA at 50: five decades of space innovation and cosmic achievements

This year, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has achieved several important milestones in space exploration, space science and Earth observation.

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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals.

Space

Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

Space

Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)

The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.

Space

Spacecraft Captures Amazing Close-Up Photos of Mercury

The BepiColombo flew just 183 miles above the planet's surface on its sixth and final flyby before going into orbit next year

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ISRO- European Space Agency sign agreement for advancing human spaceflight

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed an agreement to collaborate on activities related to astronaut training, mission implementation, and research experiments. Read further on Dynamite News:

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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars

China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.

LiveScience

The European Space Agency committed to zero space junk. Swiss startup ClearSpace is already on it

European pioneers are working on a cleaner cosmic future—before collisions mount.

Fortune

India Launches European 'Artifical Eclipse' Satellites

India on Thursday successfully launched into space a pair of European satellites that will create artificial solar eclipses to help scientists catch a rare glimpse of the Sun's mysterious atmosphere.

International Business Times

European Satellites Create Artificial Solar Eclipses In Space

European satellites launched to create artificial solar eclipses for in-depth study of sun's corona. Mission aims to unravel mysteries and provide valuable...

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Satellites launched in bid to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses

Proba-3 is expected to create hundreds of eclipses during its two-year operation

The Independent UK

Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

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Tiny asteroid detected hours before hitting Earth to become 4th 'imminent impactor' of 2024

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

Space

Suborbital rocket set to launch 6 experiments from Sweden's Arctic spaceport on Nov. 22

The SubOrbital Express-4 mission, which will launch from northern Sweden between Nov. 22 and Dec. 3, will help scientists take the next step in various realms of research.

The Conversation

How we discovered that the ocean’s surface absorbs much more CO₂ than previously thought

The oceans play a pivotal role in drawing down atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) and have so far acted as a brake on the full impact of climate change. Current estimates of the CO₂ from the atmosphere that disappears in the ocean, commonly referred to as the ocean CO₂ sink, suggests…

The Conversation

How project governance helps navigate public-private ‘coopetition’ tensions

The Ariane 6 project, Europe’s new space launcher, is in the headlines as the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup push for its first launch in 2024. This high-profile initiative has faced delays, but it remains a cornerstone of European ambitions in space. The project is a significant example of…

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Apophis: a new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that’s set to brush by Earth

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), will rendezvous with the asteroid in February 2029.

Space

Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does?

China has moved up its timeline for bringing Mars samples to Earth, aiming to do so as early as 2028 — long before the U.S. is slated to achieve this same ambitious goal.

The Independent UK

Remember the ‘alien’ signal sent by Mars orbiter? It’s just been decoded

What coded message conveys is still up for debate and discussion

Space

Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video)

Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun today (Oct. 28) in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft.

Space

Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.

Inverse

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Moving In a ‘Very Unexpected’ Way, Bewildering Astronomers

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is acting like Jell-O, according to NASA and the European Space Agency.

The Guardian - UK

To boldly go: John McFall hopes to be the first astronaut with a disability

European Space Agency testing Paralympian sprinter to see how conditions in space would affect his prosthesis

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