Director General’s annual press conference 2021

Join our start-of-year press conference with ESA Director General Jan Wörner and future Director General Josef…

Spain’s chilly blanket

The heavy snowfall that hit Spain a few days ago still lies heavy across much of…

Autonomous driving on intelligent road at Europe’s edge

An ESA-supported effort put an intelligent road up in Finnish Lapland through its paces, assessing its…

Muscles, metals, bubbles and rotifers – a month of European science in space

The month of December comes with holidays for many, but for the International Space Station and…

Madrid snowbound

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Madrid in Spain appears to have been taken in black…

Pool preps

Image: Prepping for a spacewalk typically means diving underwater to rehearse and fine-tune operations. In 2016,…

Ariane 6 launch complex – December 2020

Tour the Ariane 6 launch complex at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana Click…

Energy from solar wind favours the north

Using information from ESA’s Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have made a discovery about how energy generated…

Space weather could be worse in the north

The constant flow of material – the solar wind – intensifies after a solar flare or…

Cosmic neon lights

Image: Cosmic neon lights Click here for original story, Cosmic neon lights …