Join us on Tuesday 9 June for a live streamed conversation with European experts on how space can help with working remotely and efficiently. To source
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RACE dashboard now available
The coronavirus pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge with severe societal and socio-economic consequences. In order to shed new light on these changes taking place, ESA and the European Commission have worked closely together to create the ‘Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth observation’ dashboard – also known as RACE. The platform, which was unveiled today during an […]
Arm out to asteroid
Image: Arm out to asteroid To source
Earth from Space: Colourful Queensland
Video: 00:03:02 This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over part of Channel Country – a pastoral region located mostly in southwest Queensland, Australia. See also Colourful Queensland, Australia to download the image. To source
Colourful Queensland, Australia
Image: This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, takes us over part of Channel Country – a pastural region located mostly in southwest Queensland, Australia. To source
Arctic Circle oil spill
Image: Images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission show the extent of the Arctic Circle oil spill To source
Watch live
Watch live Join the event on 5 June at 11:00 CEST, where ESA and the European Commission will present their new dashboard: Rapid action in response to coronavirus with Earth observation To source
ESA moves ahead on low-cost reusable rocket engine
ESA’s Prometheus is the precursor of ultra-low-cost rocket propulsion that is flexible enough to fit a fleet of new launch vehicles for any mission and will be potentially reusable. To source
Hubble makes surprising find in the early Universe
Image: Intracluster light in galaxy cluster MACSJ0416 To source
Discussion on education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Video: 01:00:00 Replay of a conversation between European experts on how space can help with post-millennials’ education and social lives, recorded on 3 June 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge effect on schoolchildren across Europe. Schools have switched to online and distance teaching following the lockdown imposed by many countries to contain the […]
Bike routing app uses space for cyclists
A navigation app that guides people on safer, more enjoyable bike journeys will be launched later this summer as social-distancing measures encourage more cyclists to take to the road. Developed by London-based company Beeline, it uses space data and crowdsourced information to generate route suggestions, and can be connected to a device fixed onto the […]
ESA posters now available online!
ESA posters now available online! A selection of our iconic and eye-catching space posters To source
Queen’s Brian May works to probe origin of asteroids
Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has teamed up with asteroid researchers to investigate striking similarities and a puzzling difference between separate bodies explored by space probes. The research team ran a supercomputer-based ‘fight club’ involving simulated large asteroid collisions to probe the objects’ likely origins. Their work is reported in Nature Communications . […]