The Little Fox and the Giant Stars

New stars are the lifeblood of our Galaxy, and there is enough material revealed by this…

Astro Pi Coding Challenges

ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s message to the children who took part in the 2016 Astro Pi…

Sentinel-1A detects slick

The Sentinel-1A radar satellite detected a slick in the eastern Mediterranean Sea – in the same…

Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer: technical view

The Sentinel-3 satellites carry a package of different instruments including the Sea and Land Surface Temperature…

ESA Euronews: Growing food in space

Is is possible to produce food to eat and air to breathe while in space? The…

Galileo 13 and 14 under the fairing

Europe's 13th and 14th Galileo satellites being encapsulated inside their launcher fairing on 18 May ahead…

Galileos 13 and 14 encapsulated

Europe's 13th and 14th Galileo satellites being encapsulated inside their launcher fairing on 18 May ahead…

EGNOS augmenting satellite navigation

On May 24 another pair of Galileo satellites will be launched from Europe’s spaceport in French…

Mars in opposition 2016

This image shows our neighbouring planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016…

Rub al Khali

Rolling sand dunes in the expansive Rub’ al Khali desert on the southern Arabian Peninsula are…