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EU aims to create a ‘competitive’ single market for space services

The initiative comes as Europe risks further lagging behind global competitors such as the US and China. It would apply to EU and non-EU operators—excluding military activities—and it foresees support for small and medium-sized enterprises.

25/06/2025

Space

What happens to Europe’s space ambitions if NASA cuts joint missions

Experts tell Euronews Next that if the US Congress passes the proposed NASA budget cuts, the EU-US relationship will never be able to go back to the way it was.

17/06/2025

Europe News

Two European satellites from Proba-3 mission mimic total solar eclipse

Dubbed Proba-3, the $210 million (€181 million) mission has generated 10 successful solar eclipses so far during the ongoing checkout phase.

16/06/2025

Space

ESA considering freezing or axing missions amid NASA budget cuts

he European Space Agency isn’t ruling out the cancellation or freezing of some space exploration programmes if budget cuts to NASA are passed by the US Congress.

12/06/2025

Space

ESA launches Biomass, a satellite set to unlock the secrets of forests

The Biomass satellite is designed to measure carbon stocks in tropical forests, helping scientists to understand how they work and how they are changing.

29/04/2025

Space

Scientists find 'strongest sign' yet of possible life on other planet

The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms.

17/04/2025

Europe News

Europe's defence sector bets on space amid growing geopolitical threat

In recent years, defence companies have stepped up their involvement in space projects, prompting calls for more EU-level coordination and investment.

17/04/2025

Space

Isar Aerospace scraps attempt to launch test flight of new rocket

The German company said it could conduct the test flight later in the week but another date hasn't yet been set.

24/03/2025

Space

ESA releases trove of data that might help us understand dark matter

The Euclid mission aims to learn more about dark matter and dark energy from the large-scale structure of the cosmic web.

20/03/2025

Europe News

Unique images revealed of Mars' mysterious moon

Space probe Hera passed Mars while on its way to the Didymos asteroid system as part of planetary defence mission.

13/03/2025

Culture news

Space Waltz: ESA to put Strauss among the stars on his 200th birthday

The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of Vienna, with the help of the European Space Agency, is correcting the mistake in 2025.

10/03/2025

Space

Ariane 6 successfully completes first commercial mission

The European Space Agency's Ariane 6 rocket successfully launched a French military satellite into space this week on its first commercial mission.

07/03/2025

Euronews Tech Talks

Space debris: Does orbit need a clean-up? | Podcast

What is space debris? How do we manage it? Is it dangerous? Euronews Tech Talks investigates these questions with ESA expert Quentin Verspieren.

05/03/2025

Space

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

Scientists have ruled out any harm to Earth from the YR4 asteroid, which had an impact likelihood as high as 3 percent earlier this month.

26/02/2025

Space

NASA data shows asteroid may hit one of world’s most populated regions

New data from US space agency believes that the 2024 YR4 asteroid now has over a 3 per cent chance of hitting the planet in 2032, making it the highest-threat asteroid ever detected.

19/02/2025

The Big Question

Space will be ‘an essential part of the future economy,’ says ESA

“20 years ago, nobody would have ever imagined the dimension of what the internet brings today for daily life and I think space is in a similar situation,” Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency, told The Big Question.

17/02/2025

Space

The European space telescope Euclid captures an "Einstein ring"

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope is on a six-year mission to explore the evolution of the dark universe.

11/02/2025

Space

Ariane 6, Starship and Starliner: What happened in 2024 in space?

2024 marked notable advancements in global space exploration and commercial endeavours. What does 2025 hold?

31/12/2024

Europe in Motion

Who was Europe's top investor in space in 2023?

Luxembourg remains Europe's top investor in space in a year when defence spending on space exceeded civil space budgets for the first time since the 1990s.

25/12/2024

Europe News

EU signs satellite constellation contracts to up secure connectivity

The multi-orbital satellite constellation, dubbed IRIS², is scheduled to come fully online in 2030.

16/12/2024