This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa) . It has launched spectacularly successful missions, but is ...

ESA made history by orbiting and landing on a comet for the first time. What Rosetta and Philae discovered on 67P changed our ...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - ...

Three groundbreaking exhibitions position historic sculptures by Alberto Giacometti with new works by contemporary artists, in an intimate new space. One of the most significant European sculptors of ...

Halley's comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year, including the Eta Aquarids.Related video above: A galaxy named for its ...

Get ready for a celestial spectacle! The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, spawned from Halley's Comet debris, is set to peak on May 6th. Stargazers might witness up to 50 meteors per hour. Visible ...

The human eye takes about 30 minutes to adjust to the dark. The Eta Aquarids originate from Halley’s Comet, which was last seen in the night sky in 1986, according to NASA. First seen in 1705 by ...

Second, DMS is not uniquely biological. In fact, recent observations of comet 67P in our own solar system found DMS in the absence of any biology. Chemistry is resourceful, and life is not its only ...

Sky watchers have plenty of astronomical events to look forward to in May. Brits can expect to see an annual meteor shower light up UK skies as it peaks this week, as well as the chance to spot ...