Space exploration

Luca Parmitano handed over control of the International Space Station station on 5. February 2020 to Oleg Skripochka.

But he stressed it's up to private industry, not European taxpayers, to foot the bill for new rockets and launchpads.

In this episode of Ask Our Astronaut, the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano tells us more about time perception in the International Space Station.

Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano has sent the latest instalment of Space Chronicles, a series in which he documents his experiences on the International Space Station (ISS) over a six-month period.

In this episode, Luca's NASA astronaut colleague Andrew Morgan tells us more about intimacy in the International Space Station.

Underneath the sparring, the fundamentals of the organisation remain strong, argues Jamie Shea, who is Senior Fellow at the Friends of Europe think tank.

Luca Parmitano tells us why doing repairs in space is a lot like open-heart surgery

Should NASA's plans come to fruition, one day there will be (human) life on Mars. Designers are showcasing what future Martians might wear and how they might live.

Astronomers from UCL have found traces of water vapour in an exoplanet outside Earth's solar system.

A colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion years ago saw our galaxy's mass expand by a quarter after merging with a smaller one, say scientists.

NASA lander detects first likely 'Marsquake' on the red planet

On Wednesday, an international scientific team that integrates the Event Horizon Telescope project (EHT) unveiled the first photo of a black hole, which was captured using a global network of telescopes.

The durable NASA rover that rolled along Mars for 15 years has died, NASA announced on Thursday.

In this edition we look at what Europe's future policy is on space (including joining up with NASA to smash asteroids), a court ruling on religious holidays, Russia Ukraine gas talks and Hungary's Foreign Minister speaks about rule of law.

2018 was a vintage year for Mars exploration. NASA's InSight landed on its surface, we found a lake under the south pole, and the ESA-Roscosmo ExoMars rover began to be built in the UK.

The planet is losing its rings at a "worst-case-scenario" rate, according to the space agency

Join Euronews live as NASA's InSight lander arrives on Mars.