Currently crossing the skies above Earth, Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) has the potential to become a more prominent naked eye object by late May or early June. Yet it wasn’t discovered by someone looking up at the night sky. Instead, the person was looking at a computer screen. To source
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Expedition: Home
Video: 00:03:00 Are you ready to have fun with space at home? Explore Expedition Home, a one-stop shop for space-themed activities designed for kids and parents across three age ranges. To source
BepiColombo keeping an eye on Earth from afar
Image: A sequence of daily images of Earth taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft as it moved away from our planet after its flyby, in the period between 13 April and 5 May 2020. To source
Spacesuit for the ground
Image: Spacesuit for the ground To source
New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Image: New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa To source
ESA Startup competition: next steps
In spite of the COVID-19 crisis, ESA’s Startup competition is under way. By the closing date for submissions, 101 valid proposals had been submitted to ESA and the evaluations have now begun. To source
Aeolus goes public
Delivering new information about Earth’s winds, ESA’s Aeolus mission has already been hailed a success. Today, this remarkable satellite mission has yet again achieved new heights: its data are now being distributed publicly to forecasting services and scientific users in less than three hours of measurements being made from space. To source
A bent bridge between two galaxy clusters
A new study, based on data from ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatories, sheds new light on a three million light-year long bridge of hot gas linking two galaxy clusters, whose shape is being bent by the mighty activity of a nearby supermassive black hole. To source
Funds increase for space in response to COVID-19
Some €10 million is now available for proposals to use space to improve healthcare and distance learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to the Italian national delegation to ESA. The funding has quadrupled because of the large quantity of high-quality ideas received. To source
Build your own LEGO Space Station
ESA Space Shop has teamed up with LEGO as an exclusive retail partner of its new International Space Station model. The model is available online from Friday 8 May and retails for €69.99. To source
Week in images: 4-8 April 2020
Week in images: 4-8 April 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
Earth from Space: Northwest Greenland
Video: 00:03:33 This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features an icy image of Northwest Greenland captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission . See also Northwest Greenland to download the image. To source
Northwest Greenland
Image: Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. To source