Life, as we know it

Technology image of the week: A sealed ecosystem to sustain astronauts on future space expeditions

Exploring alien worlds with lasers

In everyday life we look and touch things to find out what they are made of.…

Exploring alien worlds with lasers

In everyday life we look and touch things to find out what they are made of.…

From satellites to the sea: VDES offers global link for ships

There are yawning gaps in our interconnected world: unable or unwilling to take up satellite communications,…

From satellites to the sea: VDES offers global link for ships

There are yawning gaps in our interconnected world: unable or unwilling to take up satellite communications,…

Hand-sized hyperspectral camera to fly on ESA’s next CubeSat

Colour equals information, so the more spectral bands an Earth-observing satellite sees, the greater quantity of…

Hand-sized hyperspectral camera to fly on ESA’s next CubeSat

Colour equals information, so the more spectral bands an Earth-observing satellite sees, the greater quantity of…

A Sun a day

Space Science Image of the Week: The changing face of our Sun in 2017, as seen…

A Sun a day

Space Science Image of the Week: The changing face of our Sun in 2017, as seen…

ESA’s next satellite propelled by butane

ESA’s next miniature satellite will be its first able to change orbit. Thanks to a compact…