The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicResolving the mysteries of the universe is one of the objective of ESA Space science missions.
One big mystery is represented by what can be called the dark side of space: pitch blackness which is indeed the dominating component of our universe, made up of dark energy, dark matter and the famous black holes.
Thanks to the observations of different telescopes like ESA XMM Newton or Hubble astronomers now have a better understanding of these phenomenae.. and soon the ESA Planck observatory will complement these views on the invisible.