BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft’s thrusters from operating at full power ( www.esa.int )
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Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky ( www.esa.int )
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Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail ( www.esa.int )
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Signs of spiders from Mars ( www.esa.int )
interesting clickbait headline
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Signs of spiders from Mars | ESA ( www.esa.int )
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Marvel at stunning echo of 800-year-old explosion ( www.esa.int )
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Flying first on Ariane 6 ( www.esa.int )
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Reentry of International Space Station (ISS) batteries into Earth’s atmosphere ( www.esa.int )
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10 years preparing for 'Armageddon' ( www.esa.int )
It’s a scenario made famous by the 1998 film ‘Armageddon’: an asteroid is spotted on a collision course with Earth, and experts scramble to plan a space mission to rendezvous with the asteroid and mitigate the danger. It’s classic science fiction, but did you know there is a very real group responsible for recommending...
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ESA approves construction of Venus orbital probe EnVision. He will fly into space in 2031 ( www.esa.int )
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We're heading for Venus: ESA approves EnVision ( www.esa.int )
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Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead ( www.esa.int )
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