Tag Archive for ESA

Thanks to new data from European Space Agency’s Planck space telescope, researchers have found that the reionization – one of the most important...

New images from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft show Nili Fossae – one of the most exciting regions on Mars. The Nili Fossae system, part of which...

Ten years ago, ESA’s Huygens probe entered the history books by descending to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Humanity’s...

The unsuccessful Beagle 2 Mars lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially deployed on the surface of the planet in images taken...

Thanks to data collected by ESA’s Cluster spacecraft and a NASA mission called the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE),...

The European Space Agency has released a color image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – the prime target of the Rosetta space mission – as it...

The Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has found that the composition of the...

Scientists using the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft have captured a stunning new image of Hellas Chaos, a large region...

An international group of scientists using data from ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has created the most accurate...

An instrument called SESAME-CASSE aboard Rosetta’s 100-kg Philae lander has recorded the sound of touchdown – in the form of vibrations detected...

New images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) show the journey of Philae as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet...

Rosetta’s Philae lander has completed its primary science mission after two days on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. With its batteries depleted...

European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has landed its Philae probe on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful...

On 12 November 2014, Rosetta’s Philae probe is set to make the first-ever landing on a comet when it touches down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko....

If there were Martians, they likely would have witnessed thousands of shooting stars from a comet known officially as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring, says...

On 26 September 2005, NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft received the equivalent of a 200-volt electric shock from Hyperion’s electrostatically charged surface,...

European scientists using the Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) have found that Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the target...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is inviting the public to suggest a name for the spot where the Rosetta mission’s lander Philae will touch down on...

European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission managers have confirmed the place and time they will attempt to land the Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander...

Using data from NASA’s and European Space Agency’s satellites that measure variations in gravitational field, a multinational team of researchers...