ESA News
May 9, 2024
Top Headlines
May 8, 2024 After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC ...
Apr. 24, 2024 While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space telescope searched for an afterglow from the ...
Apr. 5, 2024 The CHEOPS space telescope is providing new information on the mysterious exoplanet WASP-76b. This ultra-hot giant is characterized by an asymmetry between the amount of light observed on its eastern terminator -- the fictitious line that separates ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy is relatively compact in size but hosts a frenzy of ...
Latest Headlines
updated 5:51pm EDT
Apr. 23, 2024 Astrophysicists have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by observing the weak to strong ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Astronomers have measured the speed of fast-moving jets in space, crucial to star formation and the distribution of elements needed for life. The jets of matter, expelled by stars deemed 'cosmic ...
Mar. 26, 2024 An orange dwarf star has yielded the tiniest 'starquakes' ever recorded, measured by an international team of ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Astronomers have identified what could be two of the Milky Way's earliest building blocks: Named 'Shakti' and 'Shiva', these appear to be the remnants of two galaxies that merged between 12 and 13 ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Astronauts have been able to track their muscle health in spaceflight for the first time using a handheld device, revealing which muscles are most at ...
Mar. 19, 2024 Simulated effects of microgravity, created by 60 days of constant bed rest, severely disrupts rhythmic gene expression in humans, according to a new ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Space travel and zero gravity can take a toll on the body. A new study has found that astronauts with no prior history of headaches may experience migraine and tension-type headaches during long-haul ...
Mar. 11, 2024 When you are trying to solve one of the biggest conundrums in cosmology, you should triple check your homework. The puzzle, called the 'Hubble ...
Feb. 20, 2024 A few years ago, astronomers uncovered one of the Milky Way's greatest secrets: an enormous, wave-shaped chain of gaseous clouds in our sun's backyard, giving birth to clusters of stars along the ...
Jan. 29, 2024 The James Webb Space Telescope observed 19 nearby face-on spiral galaxies in near- and mid-infrared light as part of its contributions to the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 17, 2024 Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is 'eating' its host galaxy to ...
Jan. 12, 2024 Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have discovered X-ray activity that sheds light on the evolution of ...
Jan. 11, 2024 Astronomers have made the rare discovery of a small, cold exoplanet and its massive outer companion -- shedding light on the formation of planets like ...
Jan. 11, 2024 Beta Pictoris, a young planetary system located just 63 light-years away, continues to intrigue scientists even after decades of in-depth study. It possesses the first dust disk imaged around another ...
Dec. 15, 2023 A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars from the Earth. Their research examined thousands of stars and ...
Dec. 13, 2023 Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets. They form like stars, growing dense enough to collapse under their own gravity, but they never become dense and hot ...
Nov. 15, 2023 Astronomers have used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet WASP-107b. Peering deep into the fluffy atmosphere of WASP-107b they ...
Nov. 14, 2023 A student has measured the optical depth of Saturn's rings using a new method based on how much sunlight reached the Cassini spacecraft while it was in the shadow of the ...
Nov. 9, 2023 Scientists have observed, for the first time in the visible range, a glow on the night side of the planet Mars. These new observations provide a better understanding of the dynamics of the upper ...
Oct. 30, 2023 Large geomagnetic storms disrupt radio signals and GPS. Now, researchers have identified the previous underestimated role of the ionosphere, a region of Earth's upper atmosphere that contains a ...
Oct. 24, 2023 It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new ...
Oct. 24, 2023 Astrophysicists are scanning the Universe for 'technosignatures' emanating from distant planets that would provide support for the existence of intelligent, alien life. Researchers plan to ...
Oct. 17, 2023 Scientists have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars. The study rules out a meteorite impact, suggesting ...
Oct. 3, 2023 A new study posits that the large, approximately 5-kilometer-long mounds that dominate the appearance of the larger lobe of the pristine Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth are similar enough to suggest a ...
Sep. 22, 2023 Astronomers using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy surface of ...
Sep. 8, 2023 A new article hints at the existence of several black holes in the Hyades cluster -- the closest open cluster to our solar system -- which would make them the closest black holes to Earth ever ...
Aug. 24, 2023 Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a ...
July 14, 2023 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a monster in the making in this observation of the exceptional galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, which lies about eight billion light-years from ...
July 12, 2023 Engineers are training legged robots for future lunar missions that will search for minerals and raw materials. To ensure that the robots can continue to work even if one of them malfunctions, the ...
July 11, 2023 Researchers have tested the software of three satellites. And they found many standard security mechanisms ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Astronomers Make Rare Exoplanet Discovery, and a Giant Leap in Detecting Earth-Like Bodies
- NASA's Webb Discovers Dusty 'cat's Tail' In Beta Pictoris System
Friday, December 15, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Friday, September 22, 2023
Friday, September 8, 2023
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Friday, July 14, 2023
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Friday, June 9, 2023
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Monday, June 5, 2023
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Friday, May 19, 2023
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Monday, April 3, 2023
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Friday, February 17, 2023
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Monday, January 9, 2023
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Friday, December 16, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Monday, November 14, 2022
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Friday, September 16, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Friday, July 15, 2022
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Monday, July 11, 2022
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Friday, June 17, 2022
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
- The Tarantula's Cosmic Web: Astronomers Map Violent Star Formation in Nebula Outside Our Galaxy
- NASA Telescope to Help Untangle Galaxy Growth, Dark Matter Makeup
- Gaia Data Release 3: 'Complete Step Change' In Understanding of Our Universe
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Monday, June 6, 2022
- Bacterial Cellulose Could Enable Microbial Life on Mars
- Hubble Space Telescope Captures Largest Near-Infrared Image to Find Universe's Rarest Galaxies
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Monday, May 23, 2022
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Monday, December 20, 2021
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Monday, November 22, 2021
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
- Hubble Finds Early, Massive Galaxies Running on Empty
- Gigantic Cavity in Space Sheds New Light on How Stars Form
Friday, September 10, 2021
Monday, September 6, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Thursday, August 5, 2021
- NASA's TESS Tunes Into an All-Sky 'symphony' Of Red Giant Stars
- Ocean World: Rocky Exoplanet Has Just Half the Mass of Venus