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The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA Top News
ESA Top News

ESA Top News

April 12th, 2024 09:10:00 EDT -0400 EarthCARE mission card for portal

EarthCARE - ESA's cloud and aerosol mission

June 13th, 2023 04:17:00 EDT -0400 Space awaits you! More ESA vacancies open for applications
Space awaits you!

In March, we announced that 2023 would see the publication of over 300 vacancies at ESA. New vacancies keep being published as we continue our search for talented and motivated professionals to join our teams across Europe and support our mission of the peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of everyone. Could ESA be the next step in your career? Read more to find out!

April 25th, 2024 05:04:00 EDT -0400 Ariane 6 media kit

Ariane 6 media kit

April 25th, 2024 01:37:00 EDT -0400 Hera asteroid mission’s side-trip to Mars
Hera swings by Mars

ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence will make a swingby of Mars next March, borrowing speed to help reach its target Didymos binary asteroid system.

April 24th, 2024 12:44:00 EDT -0400 Ariane 6 standing tall
Ariane 6 standing tall Image: Ariane 6 standing tall
April 24th, 2024 11:00:00 EDT -0400 Dead star lights up nearby galaxy 
Hubble's view of  the 'Cigar Galaxy' (M82)

While ESA's Integral was observing the sky, it suddenly spotted a burst of gamma-rays coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA’s XMM-Newton searched for an afterglow from the explosion but found none. Astronomers realised that the burst must have been an extra-galactic flare from a magnetar, a young neutron star with an exceptionally strong magnetic field.

April 24th, 2024 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Signs of spiders from Mars
Mars Inca City

No sign of Ziggy Stardust – but ESA’s Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars.

April 24th, 2024 04:25:00 EDT -0400 Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre
Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre Image: Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre
April 24th, 2024 03:50:00 EDT -0400 From space to soil
Barcelona captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2

Soil sealing might not be a term that everyone's familiar with, but its effects are felt far and wide, particularly in urban areas.

Recognising the urgencies of addressing soil sealing and its associated challenges, an ESA-funded project, Ulysses, is offering insights into the extent and severity of soil sealing to mitigate soil degradation in the Mediterranean region.