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Proba-2 sees the Moon eclipse the Sun
Video: 00:00:31 ESA’s Proba-2 captured two partial solar eclipses on 8 April 2024. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, totally or partially blocking the Sun from Earth’s point of view. On 8 April, lucky viewers across North America witnessed the Moon blocking out the Sun in its entirety […]
Ariane 6 launches: Robusta-3A for weather reports and radiation robustness
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Total solar eclipse seen from space
Video: 00:00:07 A total solar eclipse swept across North America yesterday, blocking out the Sun momentarily with parts of the continent plunged into darkness. Geostationary satellites orbiting 36 000 km away captured images of the rare celestial event. These images, captured by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-16 ), captured the moon’s shadow moving across […]
Solar eclipses – and how to make them
Video: 00:03:39 During a solar eclipse the Earth is plunged into darkness and the Sun’s ghostly atmosphere becomes visible. Scientists travel the globe to experience total solar eclipses, which occur for just a few minutes at a time every 18 months or so. But what exactly causes solar eclipses, and how do scientists try to […]
Euclid mission team honoured with Space Foundation Award
Image: The Euclid mission team was awarded this year’s Space Achievement Award by the Space Foundation , a non-profit organisation founded in 1983 to foster collaboration across the global space community. ESA Director General, Josef Aschbacher (centre), and ESA Director of Science, Carole Mundell (right), collected the prize at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, […]
Week in images: 01-05 April 2024
Week in images: 01-05 April 2024 Discover our week through the lens To source
A stellar role for ESA
Launched on 21 February 2024 on Apple TV+, new original series Constellation has gripped viewers with its mix of sci-fi and mind-bending mystery. To source
First ‘glory’ on hellish distant world?
For the first time, potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ have been detected on a planet outside our Solar System. Glory are colourful concentric rings of light that occur only under peculiar conditions. Data from ESA’s sensitive Characterising ExOplanet Satellite, Cheops, along with several other ESA and NASA missions, suggest this delicate […]
Astro Chat with Pablo Álvarez Fernández | ESA Explores podcast
Video: 00:29:37 Pablo Álvarez Fernández, one of ESA’s five astronaut candidates currently undergoing basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, shares his experiences in astronaut training, his favourite lessons, and his view on the future of space exploration. Also, stay tuned to hear his favourite space-related quote and movie! This is […]
Earth from Space: Victoria, Australia
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features part of Victoria, a state in southeast Australia. To source
3D-bioprinted blood vessel
Image: 3D-bioprinted blood vessel To source
Ariane 6 test recap towards first flight
Video: 00:02:35 Europe’s next rocket, Ariane 6, passed all its qualification tests in preparation for its first flight, and the full-scale test model has been removed from the launch pad to make way for the real rocket that will ascend to space. The test model at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, stood 62 m […]