ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover 360º

This visualisation presents a 360º view of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. The 310 kg rover…

Press briefing on ExoMars

Video: 00:45:56 Replay of a press briefing on ExoMars, held on 12 March 2020. Replay of…

ExoMars to take off for the Red Planet in 2022

Press Release N° 6–2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided…

Heads of ESA and Roscosmos discuss future of ExoMars

On 12 March ESA Director General Jan Wörner and Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin will meet…

Greenland and Antarctica losing ice six times faster than expected

According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in…

Printing a telescope for space

This weirdly organic item is the answer to an engineering question: how to take the maximum…

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe’s largest structures

Astronomers have designed a computer algorithm, inspired by slime mould behavior, and tested it against a…

Soil status from SMOS

ESA’s SMOS satellite was designed to observe soil moisture and ocean salinity, but this innovative mission…

Sea-ice thickness and volume from SMOS and CryoSat

Sea-ice thickness and volume are essential climate variables that critically contribute to the characterisation of Earth’s…

Cryosphere measurements from SMOS

ESA’s SMOS satellite is providing valuable insights into the terrestrial cryosphere. SMOS, provides observations over regions…