Darker skin color makes being a migrant much harder

South Africa is becoming infamous on the world stage for its violent, even deadly, xenophobia. Attacks…

Exoplanet complete orbit

Changes in starlight reflected by the planet as it orbits its star provide insight into the physical processes…

OPS-SAT: ESA’s flying lab, open to all

What would you do with a powerful computer based in space? At just 30 cm in…

Meet Cheops, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite

Find out how Cheops, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, is going to investigate distant planets orbiting stars…

How will Cheops investigate exoplanets?

How will ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, investigate exoplanets? Find out more in this interview with…

What is challenging about Cheops?

What was the major challenge in building ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops? Find out more in this…

Shedding light in the dark: radar satellites lead the way

Spare a thought this Christmas for researchers hunkered down on their Polarstern icebreaker, adrift in the…

Why are exoplanets exciting?

Why are exoplanets exciting and why is ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, such a special mission?…

New CRISPR-based system targets amplified antibiotic-resistant genes

Taking advantage of powerful advances in CRISPR gene editing, scientists at the University of California San…

Fossil shells reveal both global mercury contamination and warming when dinosaurs perished

The impact of an asteroid or comet is acknowledged as the principal cause of the mass…