Gravitational wave observatory LISA, Venus orbiter EnVision, and the largest X-ray observatory ever planned, NewAthena, will ...

Constellation would be the ESA’s first big programme designed for defence and security as well as civil purposes ...

A solar mission shared between the European Space Agency and NASA has captured the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole.

Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.

Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.

This might sound like an obvious thing for a professional stargazer to say. But astrophysicist Federica Bianco was reacting ...

The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and ...

An international team of astronomers led by the University of Galway has discovered the likely site of a new planet in ...

Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark ...

Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based ...

Several ongoing and future missions led or co-led by NASA exploring the cosmos could face serious changes if Congress ...