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Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science
As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence completes its pre-launch testing, its target asteroids have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own. A special issue of Nature Communications published this week presents studies of the Didymos asteroid and its Dimorphos moon, based on the roughly five and a half minutes of close-range footage […]
Ariane 6: post-launch update
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Juice returns for a lunar-Earth flyby
Video: 00:01:02 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice ) is coming back to Earth. Our fearless traveller is getting a nudge from Earth this summer, in the first of four ‘gravity assist manoeuvres’ that will put Juice on precisely the right path to arrive at Jupiter with the correct speed and direction in July 2031. […]
ESA blasts off at Gamescom
Calling all space dreamers and game developers! ESA is back at Gamescom, the world’s biggest video game event, kicking off in Cologne from 21 to 25 August. Our stand is in the careers area of Koelnmesse in Hall 10.2, so buckle up for a galaxy of opportunities! To source
Week in images: 22-26 July 2024
Week in images: 22-26 July 2024 Discover our week through the lens To source
FIA 2024 – Day 5
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Earth from Space: Paris in focus
Image: This striking high-resolution image offers an in-depth view of central Paris, allowing you to explore and zoom into the city’s most captivating areas in exceptional detail. To source
How Europe’s biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage
Video: 00:08:21 The first half of 2024 saw hundreds of people across Europe building, cajoling, shipping, lowering, integrating, securing and protecting the precious pieces and parts that came together to create Ariane 6 – Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket. Huge engines, boosters and outer shells met tiny screws, electrical boards and masses of supercooled fuel. All […]
FIA 2024 – Day 4
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From Concordia to the Moon
Image: Concordia is a research station in Antarctica that places you farther away from humankind than even the International Space Station. Every year, ESA sponsors a medical doctor to spend a year, or “winterover,” at Concordia station. This year, our medical doctor is Jessica Kehala Studer , who is seen in this picture gazing at […]
Make the most of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024
Participants of ESA’s Industry Space Days (ISD 2024) share insights and tips on how to make the most of this space technology business event on 18–19 September at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. To source
Webb images new, cold exoplanet 12 light-years away
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet existed, it had not been confirmed until Webb imaged it. The planet is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date. To source