Our planet is being continuously bathed in radio signals from satnav satellites – which are useful…
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Small-scale magnetism leads to large-scale solar atmosphere
Image: Image comparing views of Sun with two Solar Orbiter instruments Click here for…
Younger trees champion carbon capture
Thanks to their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, forests have long…
Open doors for the ESA-ESRIN Open Day
On Friday 29 September, the European Space Agency opened the doors of the ESA Centre for…
Sunday’s ESA Open Day at ESTEC: updates
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond his and our control, ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter has had to…
Ozone hole goes large again
Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one…
Big Earth imager to be tested on small Vega CubeSat
A briefcase-sized CubeSat being flown on Europe’s next Vega launcher this week will gather 340 km wide…
ESA and Swatch: a stellar partnership
A new collaboration between ESA and Swiss watchmaker Swatch allows space fans to design their own…
First spacewalk for Andreas Mogensen
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will venture outside the International Space Station to look for install a…