Computer simulations, combined with data from the Rosetta spacecraft, demonstrate that the comet could have been created after the formation of our Solar System

Computer simulations, combined with data from the Rosetta spacecraft, demonstrate that the comet could have been created after the formation of our Solar System
ESA’s Integral space observatory spotted X-rays emitted from a unusual binary star system
Three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 lack hydrogen in their atmospheres, which could be a good sign for its habitability
The new results have laid excellent foundations for ESA’s future LISA mission in 2034
The European Space Agency aim to construct a spacecraft that will warn us about perilous incoming solar activity
The supermassive object was observed just 680 million years after the Big Bang
The results provide more valuable evidence in support of our current model of the universe
Members of the imaging team behind the spacecraft have created this magnificent mosaic image of Saturn, taken just days before the mission’s end
After much consideration, the next-generation instrument will observe 13 targets in its first five months of scientific observations
This unusual phenomenon within galaxy clusters may indicate to a new physics at work
There was one last surprise in store for the camera team, who managed to reconstruct the final telemetry packets into a sharp shot
The galactic version of David and Goliath, reveal how these gigantic structures coalesce
The spacecraft has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18 July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations
Using Gaia’s artificial brain, the paths of six hypervelocity stars have been deduced
ESA and NASA have green lit the LISA mission, striving to uncover the secrets of the ripples in the fabric of space-time
A new image from the NASA mission shows our planet as a point of light
The mission has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory capable of detecting slight ripples in space-time
An odd flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained
SN 1987A was the closest observed exploding star to Earth since the invention of the telescope
ESA’s XMM-Newton has found a pulsar – the spinning remains of a once-massive star – that is a thousand times brighter than previously thought possible