Cheops integration atop the launcher upper stage

ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, is getting ready for launch at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French…

Rosalind meets Rosalind

Image: The work of Dr Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) is well known for being central to the…

Cleaning Up Space Junk

The European Space Agency says a self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit in 2025 to…

Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies

Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you…

Sébastien's YGT: System Engineer in the Clean Space Office

Video: 00:02:10 Sébastien Perrault talks about his YGT experience as a System Engineer working the Clean…

CryoSat maps ice shelf on the move

It is now almost 10 years since ESA’s CryoSat was launched. Throughout its decade in orbit,…

Galactic diversity

NGC 3175 is located around 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Antlia (The Air Pump).…

Earth from Space: Gotland Baltic blooms

Video: 00:00:00 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us…

Baltic blooms

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over of the green algae blooms swirling around the Baltic…

OPS-SAT: the flying laboratory

Video: 00:03:18 On 17 December, ESA will launch a first-of-its-kind space laboratory, OPS-SAT. The small, low-cost,…