A new look for ESA’s website

Welcome to a new fresh look for our website! With a new content structure reflecting ESA’s…

Gravity Crystals: A New Method For Exploring The Physics Of White Dwarf Stars

Grab a mixing bowl from your kitchen, throw in a handful of aluminum balls, apply some…

A Star Is Born: Using Lasers To Study How Star Stuff Is Made

On a typical day at the world’s biggest laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore,…

Message from the NASA Administrator: NASA Strategic Alignment

Message from the NASA Administrator: NASA Strategic Alignment Click here for original story, Message…

NASA presents nearly 20 years of global rain

NASA has presented its near-global estimate of rain and snow covering the past 19 years. The…

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Review of the Draft 2019 Science Mission Directorate Science Plan

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Review of the Draft 2019 Science Mission Directorate Science…

Amazon's white bellbirds set new record for loudest bird call

Biologists report that they have recorded the loudest bird calls ever documented, made by dove-sized male…

Catastrophic events carry forests of trees thousands of miles to a burial at sea

While studying sediments in the Bay of Bengal, an international team finds evidence dating back millions…

The secret of classic Belgian beers? Medieval super yeasts!

An international team of scientists has discovered that some of the most renowned classic Belgian beers,…

How rat-eating monkeys help keep palm oil plants alive

Found as an ingredient in many processed and packaged foods, palm oil is the most widely…