ESA - Latest News on ESA | Read Breaking News on Zee News

Herschel`s new observation reveals how massive stars are born

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 20:50

Observation of a vast star-forming cloud, called W3, by ESA`s Herschel space observatory is helping astronomers to understand how massive stars are born.

Herschel space observatory nearing end of historic 3-year mission

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 19:10

ESA`s Herschel space observatory, which has spent more than three years studying the Universe, is expected to run out its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks.

Black hole spinning at speed of light

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 12:42

The outer reaches of a `supermassive` black hole, more than two million miles across, or eight times the earth-moon distance, is spinning at nearly the speed of light.

Star with cool atmospheric layer identified

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 19:04

ESA`s Herschel space observatory has detected a cool layer in the atmosphere of Alpha Centauri A, the first time this has been seen in a star beyond our own Sun.

Massive stellar winds made of hundreds of thousands of tiny pieces

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 19:09

The winds from massive stars are at least a hundred million times stronger than the solar wind emitted by our own Sun and can significantly shape their surrounding environment.

Space expertise improves racing cars’ performance

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 09:16

High-performance racing cars are now driving more smoothly than before, thanks to space-ready rubber from ESA spacecraft.

Galileo search and rescue satellites clear first space test

Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 10:40

The first test of a pair of Galileo search and rescue satellites - which ware launched in space on 12 October last year - has proved that it is working well.

Red supergiant star on its way to spectacular explosion

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 15:37

New image from ESA`s Herschel space observatory has revealed multiple arcs around Betelgeuse, the nearest red supergiant star to Earth.

Intriguing patterns seen in Venus` cloud tops

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 12:48

A movie based on images snapped by ESA`s Venus Express shows bright and dark cloud bands wind around the poles of Venus in a beautiful sequence.

Hundreds of previously unseen starburst galaxies revealed

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 21:17

Astronomers have combined the observing powers of ESA’s Herschel space observatory and the ground-based Keck telescopes and characterized hundreds of previously unseen starburst galaxies.

ESA’s Mars Express relays images of ‘Rocknest3’

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 17:12

ESA’s Mars orbiter has for the first time relayed scientific data, including detailed images of ‘Rocknest3’, from NASA’s Curiosity rover on the Red Planet’s surface.

ESA astronauts bring back new life from underground

Last Updated: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 17:04

Astronauts on ESA’s CAVES underground training course, who were sent underground to learn about working in multi-cultural teams under extreme conditions, returned to the surface they were carrying a special type of woodlouse.