The European Space Agency will soon select the finalists for a competition intended to support the development of new launch ...

European Space Agency via AP A spacecraft skimmed past Mercury this week, beaming back stunning new images of the surface and showing once again that humankind has a seemingly insatiable longing ...

Pieces of Mercury may have been found on Earth, potentially allowing scientists to study the Solar System's innermost planet.

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ...

A European space agency created the first "artificial total solar eclipse" using a pair of satellites on Monday.

Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, the ...

On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet. Nearly ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

“Through this MoU, the European Space Agency intends to develop a closer relationship with Blue Origin and Thales Alenia ...