ESA Startup competition announces four winners

The four winners of ESA’s Startup competition are using space to solve problems on Earth. Each…

Contracts awarded for development of six new Copernicus missions

Following the financial commitment from ESA Member States at last November’s Council at Ministerial Level Space19+,…

Week in images: 29 June – 3 July 2020

Week in images: 29 June – 3 July 2020 Discover our week through the lens …

Birds of a feather

The spiral pattern shown by the galaxy in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is striking…

Earth from Space: Ari Atoll, Maldives

In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, we explore the Maldives with Copernicus…

Ari Atoll, Maldives

Image: The Maldives are featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. …

Silver linings

Image: Strange times meet strange clouds. Noctilucent or ‘night shining’ clouds (NLC) are captured over Knowlton…

Just add nano-materials for stronger, tougher diving fins

Adding microscopic nano-materials to carbon fibre composites has resulted in stronger, tougher fins for divers. A…

Flight over Korolev Crater on Mars

Video: 00:02:40 This movie, based on images taken by ESA’s Mars Express, showcases the 82 km…

Kerbal's 'Shared Horizons’ launched with real ESA missions

ESA and Kerbal Space Program enthusiasts now have ‘Shared Horizons’, a free update today to the…