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Setting the scene: Planetary Defense Conference 2019 Every two years, asteroid experts from across the globe come together to pretend an asteroid impact is imminent. During these week-long impact scenarios, participants don't know how the situation will evolve know from one day to the next but must make plans based…blogs.esa.int
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Australia’s northeast state of Queensland, where a large amount of sediment is visible gushing into the Coral Sea, close to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.In early 2019, many areas in Queensland received more than their annual rainfall in les…www.esa.int
In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Australia’s northeast state of Queensland.See also Queensland floods to download the image.www.esa.int
For the first time, ESA will cover a major international asteroid impact exercise live via social media, highlighting the the actions that might be taken by scientists, space agencies and civil protection organisations.www.esa.int
Street art and climate science will combine at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium to highlight the major role that satellites play in helping to understand our Earth.www.esa.int
Akin to landing lights for aircraft, ESA is developing infrared and phosphorescent markers for satellites, to help future space servicing vehicles rendezvous and dock with their targets.Developed by Hungarian company Admatis as part of an ESA Clean Space project, these markers w…www.esa.int
The latest component in the European Data Relay System (EDRS) has passed another important milestone. Tests have successfully concluded on the antennas of the EDRS-C satellite.www.esa.int
What are you like at docking a virtual spacecraft with a space station? And, more importantly, how does this change over 60 days lying in bed? This image shows a participant in the current ESA-NASA bedrest study at the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) :envihab facility in Cologne, German…www.esa.int
From a distance of five million kilometres to within 20 metres, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft captured images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from all angles.Between the first and the last images lies one of humanity’s greatest space adventures to rendezvous with and follow a comet as it or…www.esa.int
Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the first time: Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped a copper projectile at very high speed in an attempt to form a crater on asteroid Ryugu. A much bigg…www.esa.int
In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over one of the most remote islands in the world: Easter Island.See also Easter Island to download the image.www.esa.int
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of the most remote islands in the world: Easter Island. Located in the Pacific Ocean, over 3500 km off the west coast of South America, this Chilean island is also known as Rapa Nui by its original inhabitants. The island was given its c…www.esa.int
A stellar flare ten times more powerful than anything seen on our sun has burst from an ultracool star almost the same size as Jupiter.www.universal-sci.com
This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system, is one of the many objects that Hubble has demystified throughout its productive life. This ne…www.esa.int
Eine explodierte Postsendung in einer Marburger Firma hat am Donnerstag zur Räumung und Durchsuchung einer Postfiliale in der Marburger Innenstadt geführt. Die Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt.www.hessenschau.de
The first European satellite capable of being completely reprogrammed after launch, developed in an ESA Partnership Programme, has passed another important milestone. The communications module of Eutelsat Quantum has completed its baseline payload testing at Airbus in Toulouse.www.esa.int
The giant 121-segment mirror array used to reflect simulated sunlight into the largest vacuum chamber in Europe seen being hoisted into position within ESA’s technical heart back in 1986.This mirror array remains an integral element of ESA’s Large Space Simulator at the ESTEC Test Ce…www.esa.int
In preparation for his Beyond mission, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, in March 2019. Here he is strapped to the Partial Gravity Simulator to practice repairing the dark-matter hunter AMS-02.AMS-02, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, consists of…www.esa.int
The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space exploration, human spaceflight, launchers, telecommunications, navigation, monitoring and space science.www.esa.int
After performing three spacewalks in under a month, you could be forgiven for thinking astronauts on board the International Space Station might be taking it easy.www.esa.int
ESA seeks your ideas for applying space technology to Earth-based problems. Through the Open Space Innovation Platform, a new challenge-based website, the Agency is hunting out bright ideas to monitor plastic waste polluting the oceans, and to improve the self-steering abilities of ships…www.esa.int
The Egg Nebula is a preplanetary nebula, created by a dying star in the process of becoming a planetary nebula. Planetary nebulas have nothing to do with planets – the name arose when 18th century astronomers spotted them in their telescopes and thought they looked like planets. Instead, …www.esa.int
ESA aims to harness a new resource for future space activities: ideas from European researchers, businesses and the general public. Through its new Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP), anyone is welcome to respond to space-related challenges.www.esa.int
Records show that, on average, global sea level rose by 3.2 mm a year between 1993 and 2018, but hidden within this average is the fact that the rate of rise has been accelerating over the last few years. Taking measurements of the height of the sea surface is essential to monitoring thi…www.esa.int
On Thursday 18 April, you are cordially invited to view the final presentations of ESA’s second Galileo smartphone app competition – to develop an app capable of performing fixes using raw Galileo satnav measurements – as well as put your own vote in for your favourite.www.esa.int
Spain’s PLD Space, supported by ESA, has demonstrated the technologies for a reusable first stage of their orbital microlauncher, Miura 5.www.esa.int
The discarded ‘upper stage’ from a rocket launched almost ten years ago has recently crumbled to pieces.www.esa.int
In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-1 features the busy maritime traffic passing through the English Channel.See also English Channel to download the image.www.esa.int
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the busy maritime traffic passing through the English Channel.The two identical Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites carry radar instruments, which can see through clouds and rain, and in the dark, to image Earth’s surface below. Here, hundreds …www.esa.int
This new region on Mars might reveal more about the role of water on Mount Sharp.mars.nasa.gov
An Earth-sized "virtual telescope" is ready to take the first ever picture of a black hole - the monster mysterious object at the centre of our galaxy.www.bbc.com
1m Followers, 59 Following, 2,265 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from ESA (@europeanspaceagency)www.instagram.com
ESA's 35-metre radio antenna in Malargüe, Argentina, has had a major refurbishment. Extenstive modifications made will now allow the ESTRACK network to support future mission like Euclid, launching in 2022, and to transfer data at much higher rates.Upgrades to the ESA Malargüe station, an…www.esa.int
The first batch of charge-coupled devices, or CCDs, to be flown on ESA's PLATO space observatory was accepted by ESA last month. This is an important milestone on the road to creating a groundbreaking spacecraft that will detect Earth-sized exoplanets in orbit around nearby stars.sci.esa.int
ESA and Arianespace are giving full support to European institutional customers to launch their missions on Ariane 6 and Vega-C.www.esa.int
Despite being a tough-as-nails battlecruiser, the Enterprise was built to explore strange new worlds Models by mewww.deviantart.com
New evidence of the impact of the recent planet-encompassing dust storm on water in the atmosphere, and a surprising lack of methane, are among the scientific highlights of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s first year in orbit.www.esa.int
The highly anticipated photo shows a dark core, encircled by a bright orange halo of white-hot gas and plasma.www.aljazeera.com
Low-temperature plasma – electrically charged gas – that was originally tested aboard the International Space Station is now being harnessed to kill drug-resistant bacteria and viruses that can cause infections in hospital.Professor Gregor Morfill of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Ext…www.esa.int
ESA is working with international partners to prepare the Heracles robotic mission to the Moon in the mid-to-late-2020s. Using the space Gateway as a halfway point, a robotic rover will scout the terrain in preparation for the future arrival of astronauts, and deliver lunar samples to Ea…www.esa.int
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer practices Space Station repairs in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA.The giant pool is over 12 metres deep and features a full-scale mock-up of the International Space Station. It is used to train astronauts in the very p…www.esa.int
After only one year in space, the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) on the International Space Station has given researchers a new understanding of how lightning is created, and how thunderstorms can affect the atmosphere and the climate.www.esa.int
Today’s interconnected world is ever more vulnerable to cyberattacks, emphasising the importance of secure encryption to protect Europe’s critical infrastructure and communications. An agreement forged today between the European Commission and the European Space Agency marks the first st…www.esa.int
Dutch start-up company Relegs has developed a medical device for instantaneous relief of discomfort caused by Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). The breakthrough uses electrical contra stimulation to override the urge to move one’s legs. Located in ESA’s Business Incubation Centre in Noordwij…www.esa.int
