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Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment…

Back in the 1960s, the Soviets and Americans were racing to the Moon. Europe did not want to be a bystander in the space race and embarked on the Ariane programme in 1973. We take a look back at how the Europeans launched their space programme. Today, the Ariane-6 rocket's…

The European Space Agency held the first-ever "livestream from Mars" today (June 2), beaming home photos from its Mars Express orbiter in near-real time.

For the first time in history, images of the Red Planet have been beamed across our screens thanks to the European Space Agency, which is live-streaming the surface of Mars

On Friday afternoon, spectators had a chance to see the most current images of Mars possible — which take 3 to 22 minutes to reach Earth — courtesy of the European Space Agency.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Mars Express orbiter, the European Space Agency will beam a live stream of Mars back to Earth.

It will take 18 minutes for the images to be beamed an incredible 140 million miles back to Earth from the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, with the YouTube stream updating every 50 seconds

The European Space Agency will livestream imagery from its Mars Express probe in near-real time today (June 2) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the orbiter's launch.

The European Space Agency has been doing a series of robotic teleoperation experiments where an astronaut abroad on the ISS controls a robot back on the ground.

The shop - which will remain open - sold sugar-free cakes that reportedly caught the attention of Kate Bush over the years

If Earth received an extraterrestrial message, how would you interpret it? Members of the public are being encouraged by Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) to do just that.