ESA and NASA join forces to understand climate change

Climate change is, arguably, the biggest environmental challenge the global population faces today. To address this…

Earth

This image of Earth was compiled using tens of thousands of images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Thanks…

Media briefing: Eutelsat Quantum to be launched

Video: 00:41:36 The reconfigurable satellite will launch this summer from the European Space Port in French…

Ariane 6 targets new missions with Astris kick stage

ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called Astris…

Antarctic noon

Image: A fortnight after the 21 June winter solstice in Antarctica, the crew at Concordia Research…

Ariane 6 Astris kick stage for deep space exploration

The Astris kick stage is being developed for ESA by prime contractor, ArianeGroup. It is an…

Eutelsat Quantum: Europe’s reprogrammable satellite

Video: 00:04:12 Soon Eutelsat Quantum will be launched into a geostationary orbit on board an Ariane 5…

Foaming fluid science timelapse

Timelapse video made during ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s second mission to the International Space Station, “Alpha”.…

The mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras is solved

The 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras has been solved. For the first time,…

Swarm yields new insight into animal migration

Using measurements from ESA’s Earth Explorer Swarm mission, scientists have developed a new tool that links…