Image: The Venetian lagoon appears almost deserted following Italy’s lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease – as seen by Copernicus Sentinel-2 To source
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Satellites providing clear picture of greenhouse gases
With increasing levels of greenhouse gases causing our climate to change, it is important to understand exactly where these gases come from and how they disperse in the atmosphere. A new dataset, produced by the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative, provides a detailed view of carbon dioxide and methane – two of the most […]
Checkpoint: OSIRIS-REx Practices Sample Collection
This image shows sample site Nightingale Crater, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. To source
Power glove
Image: Power glove To source
Fun and education for kids and families with Expedition: Home
ESA Education is launching Expedition: Home, a one-stop website for kids and parents to do fun space-based activities and keep learning while at home. To source
UK launches space-based response to Covid-19 pandemic
Some £2.6 million to develop space-enabled technology and services that can strengthen the NHS’s response to coronavirus has been launched today by the UK Space Agency in collaboration with ESA. To source
100th lunar asteroid collision confirmed by second telescope
Since March 2017, ESA’s NELIOTA project has been regularly looking out for ‘lunar flashes’ on the Moon, to help us better understand the threat posed by small asteroid impacts. The project detects the flash of light produced when an asteroid collides energetically with the lunar surface, and recently recorded its 100th impact. But this time, […]
Time-travelling ESA team explore a virtual Moon
If someone had been watching as Apollo 15’s Falcon Lunar Module headed down beside the Moon’s Appenine mountains in 1971, then this is what they would have seen. ESA researchers, working with UK company Timelab Technologies , are recreating historic missions to the Moon in high-definition 360 virtual reality, as a way of gaining new […]
NASA 'Optometrists' Verify Mars Perseverance Rover's 20/20 Vision
Equipped with visionary science instruments, the Mars Perseverance rover underwent an “eye” exam after several cameras were installed. To source
BepiColombo’s final glimpses of Earth
Image: BepiColombo’s final glimpses of Earth To source
BepiColombo bids farewell to Earth and the Moon
Image: BepiColombo bids farewell to Earth and the Moon To source
BepiColombo shadow transit during Earth flyby
Image: BepiColombo shadow transit during Earth flyby To source
Week in images: 6-10 April 2020
Week in images: 6-10 April 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source