European Space Agency

Truth unfolded: Starlight – the key driving force behind all forms of life!

Ultraviolet light from stars drives the formation of chemicals that are precursors to chemicals that we need to make life.

Oct 13, 2016, 19:26 PM IST

ESA's Rosetta ends its historic 12-year mission with touchdown on comet 67P

The Rosetta mission on Friday ended its mission in a controlled descent of the spacecraft onto the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Sep 30, 2016, 10:29 AM IST

ESA's historical Rosetta mission ends on Friday; NASA to air its descent!

Rosetta has served scientists well, through a wealth of information that it sent during its closest approach to the Sun.

Sep 28, 2016, 23:58 PM IST

Gaia satellite mapped more than a billion stars in Milky Way, says ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) on Wednesday released the first catalogue of more than a billion stars from its Gaia satellite to the eagerly waiting astronomers around the world.

Sep 14, 2016, 19:49 PM IST

See pic: ESA and NASA's SOHO catch comet grazing the sun!

The latest occurrence that caught the scientists' eyes was a bright comet plunging toward the sun on August 3-4, 2016, at nearly 1.3 million miles per hour.

Aug 05, 2016, 00:18 AM IST

Hubble peers into the core of a starburst galaxy – See pic!

NGC 3125 is located approximately 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Antlia.

Jul 26, 2016, 15:41 PM IST

When astronaut Tim Peake spoke about his 'incredible' journey in space after his descent!

Peake was aboard the International Space Station with two other Expedition 47 crew members, NASA's Tim Kopra and Russian Roscosmos's Yuri Malenchenko.

Jun 19, 2016, 19:55 PM IST

ESA's gravitational spacecraft LISA Pathfinder passes big test!

The LISA Pathfinder mission was designed to demonstrate technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory.

Jun 07, 2016, 23:45 PM IST

Mars `colonists` to undergo five days of tests

NASA is currently working on three Mars missions with the European Space Agency and plans to send another rover to Mars in 2020.

Jun 07, 2016, 04:03 AM IST

ISS astronaut Tim Peake shares extraordinary, rare image of noctilucent clouds! - View pic

Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency has photographed an image this time, that will help us see the Earth from a perspective – through noctilucent clouds!

Jun 07, 2016, 00:02 AM IST

A star is born: Hubble captures enchanting image of a newly-born star! - See pic

Measured to be at least 2280 light-years away, the star was beamed back by the Hubble Space Telescope in visible and infrared light.

May 31, 2016, 22:04 PM IST

Comets responsible for initiating life on planet Earth: Study

While more than 140 different molecules have already been identified in the interstellar medium, amino acids could not be traced.

May 29, 2016, 19:56 PM IST

Herschel beams back exquisite image of newborn stars! - See pic

The European Space Agency has been putting in tireless efforts to conduct a probe into stellar nurseries and has released a mesmerising photograph that shows an incredibly turbulent region of the sky.

May 24, 2016, 18:46 PM IST

Get ready to take-off from your garden: German start-up all set to develop first-ever electric plane!

Clocking up a range of 500 kilometres, the highly efficient plane will be ready to see the light of day by the year 2018.

May 17, 2016, 17:51 PM IST

DNA: Tim Peake sets a new Marathon record in space

Sprinting from ISS, message worth spreading for global wellness. Watch complete news story of DNA for getting detailed updates!

Apr 27, 2016, 00:13 AM IST

Scientists make surprising discovery about Venus!

Final data returned from the fatal plunge revealed some fascinating facts about Venus.

Apr 26, 2016, 17:16 PM IST

Missed the launch? Watch replay of Europe's Sentinel-1B liftoff on Soyuz

According to ESA, Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket, flight VS14, from Europe’s Spaceport in Korou, French Guiana on 25 April 2016 at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). 

Apr 26, 2016, 10:39 AM IST

Watch: Tim Peake shares dazzling video of static electricity in outer space.

Zee Media Bureau/Shruti Mishra

Apr 10, 2016, 09:50 AM IST

Watch: New retrievable satellite SJ-10 successfully launched by China!

The experiments investigate how radiation affects genetics and are being conducted to try and make space travel safer in the future.

Apr 06, 2016, 19:05 PM IST

This 360° video will let you float through space station – Watch!

This 360° video lets you explore the space station's second module and the first US module, Unity. 

Apr 04, 2016, 14:04 PM IST