ESA – Plato passes vibe check

Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets, successfully passed a first round of…

ESA – Sentinel-2 explores night vision

Applications 15/01/2026 67 views 2 likes After more than 10 years in orbit, the first Copernicus…

Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre gets a makeover

Satellites must be able to withstand the violent forces of lift-off and survive in the harsh…

ESA – Wildfires in Patagonia

Captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 on 11 January 2026, this image shows active wildfires near Lake Rivadavia…

Circinus Galaxy (Hubble and Webb)

The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole…

ATD water-cooled throttleable engine firing

Romanian company ATD Aerospace RS SRL is developing a 10 kN rocket engine that can be re-ignited…

ESA and Playmobil launch Mars mission collection

Agency 08/01/2026 306 views 5 likes The European Space Agency (ESA) and Playmobil are expanding their…

Week in images: 05-09 January 2026

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ESA – Finding the echo

Healthcare in space is evolving. On the International Space Station, astronauts already use ultrasound to monitor their health, but until…

Ice velocity on Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, 2014–2024

This map, based on Copernicus Sentinel-1 data, shows the speed at which ice is moving horizontally…