In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over western…
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Clocks, gravity, and the limits of relativity
The International Space Station will host the most precise clocks ever to leave Earth. Accurate to…
A unique experiment to explore black holes
What happens when two supermassive black holes collide? Combining the observing power of two future ESA…
Gravity to the max
Technology image of the week: ESA’s Large Diameter Centrifuge gives European researchers access to high gravity…
Air and water balloons in hypergravity
An air balloon, left, and water balloon, right, subjected to hypergravity conditions inside ESA’s Large Diameter…
Zero-G Spiderman
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: A parabolic flight experiment tests perception in altered…
One hundred years of gravity
One hundred years ago this month, observations performed during a total solar eclipse proved for the…
Gravity wonders
Space Science Image of the Week: Black holes provide an extreme cosmic laboratory to test some…
Merging black holes
Black holes are among the most fascinating objects in the Universe. Enclosing huge amounts of matter…
CDF podcast
NASA’s Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast interviews ESA engineer Torsten Bieler on the Agency’s Concurrent Design…