Tracking satellites from the Arctic

Many of the satellites that gather information on the health of our planet pass over the…

Australian bushfires

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the multiple blazes that have broken out in northern New South…

A burst of asteroid activity in Europe

The next few days will see a rare convergence of asteroid-related activity in Europe, as planetary…

ESA and ɸ

Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA, reflects on last year’s ɸ-week, and discusses…

ESA’s ɸ-week 2019 opens with a flourish

Following the success of last year’s ɸ-week, this year’s event promises to be even more exciting.…

AI for space

Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA, and Holger Hoos, Professor of Machine Learning…

ESA joins forces with CLAIRE

ESA joins forces with the world’s first artificial intelligence Special Interest Group on Space, established in…

Monitoring air pollution from fires

The wildfires that have been devastating the Amazon rainforest have been international headline news over the…

Rustaveli crater on Mercury

By studying the rocks inside impact craters like this one, ESA research fellow Joana S. Oliveira…

Shaken but not stirred: Konnect satellite completes vibration tests

The first Spacebus Neo satellite – Konnect, a high-throughput satellite ordered by Eutelsat – has successfully…