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Space is an inhospitable environment for the human body but we adapt remarkably well. Within hours, the brain adjusts to the lack of an up or down, as if floating is all it has ever known. Now researchers are learning how our internal clock similarly adjusts to the restrictions of space. An ESA-sponsored experiment has found […]

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Working on Europe’s contribution to the Orion spacecraft To source

ESA Director General Jan Woerner meets students at ‘Libreria AsSaggi’ in Rome on 15 June, to discuss the future of Europe’s space activities. Watch live from 17:30 CEST To source

Satellite radar shows unstable ground ahead of the massive landslide that covered part of California’s iconic Highway 1 To source

Satellites are helping to predict favourable conditions for desert locusts to swarm, which poses a threat to agricultural production and, subsequently, livelihoods and food security. To source

ESA at the International Paris Air Show 2017 To source

Space Science Image of the Week: BepiColombo’s carrier craft unfolds its solar wings To source

Our week through the lens: 5-9 June 2017 To source

A new video, based on measurements by ESA’s Gaia and Hipparcos satellites, shows how our view of the Orion constellation will evolve over the next 450 000 years. To source

Earth observation image of the week: the Gulf of Finland in ‘radar vision’, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

This 70 km-wide crater and its surrounds offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet. To source

Every year, 8 June marks World Oceans Day. Satellites continue to monitor our water bodies to help us better understand and protect these natural resources To source

Two further satellites have formally become part of Europe’s Galileo satnav system, broadcasting timing and navigation signals worldwide while also picking up distress calls across the planet. To source