Artist’s impression of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system. Credit: © ESA While exploring two exoplanets in a bright nearby star system, ESA’s exoplanet-hunting Cheops satellite…
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Illustration of ESA’s Mars Express at Mars. Credit: ESA Long-term studies of ozone and water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better…
Hubble Space Telescope image of Arp 195, a three-way gravitational tug-of-war between interacting galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton A dramatic triplet of galaxies…
The Tarso Toussidé volcanic massif is featured in this false-color composite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019),…
Galaxy cluster MACSJ0138.0-2155 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Newman, M. Akhshik, K. Whitaker The center of this image from…
Astris added to the Ariane 6 upper stage. Credit: ArianeGroup ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called…
Artist’s impression of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system. Credit: © ESA Photobombs — when something or someone unexpectedly enters a camera’s field of sight during…
[embedded content] The European Robotic Arm (ERA) will be launched to the International Space Station together with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, called ‘Nauka’. ERA…
After several weeks of bad weather and strong winds, the latest pair of high-altitude drop tests of the ExoMars parachutes took place in Kiruna, Sweden. The…
Artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), folded in the Ariane 5 rocket during launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Credit: ESA…
Galileo’s new ‘Batch 3’ satellites will add a further 12 satellites to the 26-strong Galileo constellation already in orbit. Credit: OHB Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lake Mar Chiquita – an endorheic…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: ESA/Hubble &…
Space App Camp 2021. Credit: ESA ESA is inviting up to 25 committed mobile app developers and specialists in artificial and machine learning related to…
The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Poseidon-4 dual-frequency (C- and Ku-band) radar altimeter uses an innovative interleaved mode that has improved performance compared to previous satellite altimeter designs.…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies around 275 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale). Credit:…
Simulating the burn-up during atmospheric reentry of one of the bulkiest items aboard a typical satellite using a plasma wind tunnel. Credit: ESA/DLR Simulating the…
The world’s first wooden satellite is on the way, in the shape of the Finnish WISA Woodsat. ESA materials experts are contributing a suite of…
Artist impressions of the themes proposed for ESA’s next series of Large-class missions, as part of the Voyage 2050 plan.The themes are moons of the…
EnVision: Revolutionary Venus Mission Promises a “New Era” in the Exploration of Earth’s “Evil Twin”
EnVision: Revolutionary Venus Mission Promises a “New Era” in the Exploration of Earth’s “Evil Twin”
The EnVision mission to Venus will explore why Earth’s closest neighbor is so different. Credit: NASA / JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic…