ESA – Sentinel-2C fully loaded

With liftoff set for 4 September from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite…

Why Juice is coming back to Earth

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) returns to Earth on 19–20 August 2024, to complete the…

Arctic Weather Satellite and Φsat-2 head for orbit

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite and Φsat-2 satellite were lofted into orbit on 16 August at 20:56 CEST (11:56 local time) aboard a…

ESA – Rings and things

The subject of this week’s circular Hubble Picture of the Week is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also…

ESA – Wildfires rage across Athens

Firefighters in Greece are battling a rapidly spreading wildfire that has swept across several neighbourhoods in…

Arctic Weather Satellite: advancing weather forecasting in a changing climate

The effects of the climate crisis are felt more acutely in the Arctic than anywhere else…

The hidden intricacies of Messier 106

Featured in this new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is Messier 106, also…

ESA – A supernova spotlight

This Hubble Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 857074, located in the constellation Eridanus. LEDA 857074…

ESA – Mermaid on salty Mars

A purplish, scaley wave lures the attention of a European spacecraft as it flies over Mars’s…

New variable engine undergoes dynamic testing

A new variable-thrust engine was recently tested with different rates of propellant flowing through it, controlled…