Latest images reveal that the A-68A iceberg has shattered into multiple pieces, with two large fragments of ice breaking off from the main berg and floating away in the open ocean. Scientists using satellite data have not only been monitoring the iceberg’s journey across the South Atlantic Ocean, but have been studying the iceberg’s ever-changing […]
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Year in images 2020
Our year through the lens: a selection of our favourite images for 2020 Our year through the lens: a selection of our favourite images for 2020 To source
Season's greetings from the European Space Agency
Season’s greetings from the European Space Agency To source
ESA highlights 2020
Video: 00:05:00 2020 has been another year of progress for ESA. The launch and commissioning of Solar Orbiter heralded a new era of space science, whilst Eutelsat Konnect revolutionised telecommunications. The new Vega SSMS began a cost-effective new launch system for small satellites, deploying exciting new technologies such as PhiSat and ESAIL. ESA’s Earth Observation […]
Space bauble
Image: Bubble produced by the Multiscale Boiling experiment on the International Space Station To source
Instruments installed on Euclid spacecraft
Image: Instruments installed on Euclid spacecraft To source
Week in images: 14 – 18 December 2020
Week in images: 14 – 18 December 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
Giant A-68A iceberg loses chunk of ice
A large block of ice has broken off the northern tip of the A-68A iceberg as seen in new images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission . To source
Terahertz technology securing e-shopping centres – and US border
COVID-19 has revolutionised security practices along with other parts of everyday life: screening people via personal ‘patdowns’ is no longer safe. ESA-developed passive terahertz technology – enabling the detection of items hidden under clothing from a distance – is helping to fill the gap. The US Customs and Border Protection agency is among the latest […]
Earth from Space: Lapland
Video: 00:03:38 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lapland, the largest and northernmost region of Finland, just in time for Christmas. See also Rovaniemi, Lapland to download the image. To source
Rovaniemi, Lapland
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lapland, the largest and northernmost region of Finland, just in time for Christmas. To source
Solar Orbiter prepares for festive Venus flyby
Solar Orbiter is getting ready for the first of many gravity assist flybys of Venus on 27 December, to start bringing it closer to the Sun and tilting its orbit in order to observe our star from different perspectives. To source
Mountains of snow
Image: Heavy snowfall in the Alps has been recorded over the past weeks. The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this image of the snow-covered Alps on 14 December. To source