Exploring Earth From Space: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California [Video]
The Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, US, where the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will soon launch from, is featured in this image captured…
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Move Over Plastic: Desktop 3D Printing in Metal and Ceramics
These spur gears – seen in the image above with a euro cent coin for scale – have been produced in stainless steel to a…
Mysterious Dark Rays Spotted in Nearby Galaxy
Some of the most stunning views of our sky occur at sunset, when sunlight pierces the clouds, creating a mixture of bright and dark rays…
Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Poised for Liftoff
With liftoff set for today at 17:17 GMT (18:17 CET, 09:17 PST), the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is poised for liftoff – atop a…
Watch Live: Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch
Watch the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite on ESA Web TV on Saturday, November 21 from 17:45 CET (08:45 PST). Also…
Vega VV17 Rocket Catastrophic Failure: Arianespace and ESA Appoint an Independent Inquiry Commission
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, Arianespace announced the loss of the Vega VV17 mission, carrying two payloads: SEOSAT-Ingenio for ESA and TARANIS for the French…
Moonlight: Connecting Earth With the Moon [Video]
Lunar exploration relies on the extensive expertise that is on hand across ESA. As a new lunar economy emerges, it will create new opportunities involving…
Seosat-Ingenio: Preparing to Fly an Earth-Observing Genius
Update: Vega flight VV17 SEOSAT-Ingenio / TARANIS mission failure 8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of…
Shape-Shifting Space Mirror Enables Previously Impossible Missions
This bendable space mirror can have its shape shifted to compensate for manufacturing or alignment errors within orbital telescopes or temperature-driven distortions. Very large space…
Cosmic “Cinnamon Bun” Spotted by Hubble Space Telescope
Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. Unlike many spiral galaxies, UGC 12588…
Artistic Enigma Decoded by Robotic X-ray Scanner
A Madonna and Child painting with a history almost as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa’s smile has been identified as an authentic Raphael canvas by…
Ariel Exoplanet Mission Moves From Blueprint to Reality
ESA’s exoplanet mission Ariel, scheduled for launch in 2029, has moved from study to implementation phase, following which an industrial contractor will be selected to…
Massive Iceberg on Collision Course With South Georgia
The colossus iceberg that split from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf on July 12, 2017, is on a collision course with South Georgia. Over the…
Independent Review Board Praises Ambitious Plan to Bring Mars Samples to Earth
An ambitious campaign by NASA and ESA to collect samples from the Red Planet and return them to Earth has been praised by an Independent…
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity: Contorting Giants
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3. The galaxy, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational…
20 Top Experiments From 20 Years of Human Research on the International Space Station
As the world celebrates two decades of humans in orbit around Earth on the International Space Station, this month’s science summary will look back not…
International Space Station: 20 Amazing Years in 60 Seconds [Video]
Monday, November 2, 2020, marked 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station. Relive a few memorable moments from the unique orbital…
Hubble Spots a Gorgeous Waterfall of Stars
The galaxy UGCA 193, seen here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is a galaxy in the constellation of Sextans (The Sextant). Looking rather like…