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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

Image: Spacesuit for the ground To source

Image: New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa To source

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

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 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

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

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 Discover our week through the lens To source

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

Image: Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. To source

Astronauts donned gloves on the International Space Station to kick off two European experiments on metals and foams, while preparing spacesuits for future work outside their home in space. To source

With hundreds of satellites launched every year, in-space collisions and the creation of fast-moving fragments of space debris – or ‘space junk’ – are becoming increasingly likely, threatening our continued human and technological presence in space. The Organisation for Econonic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published its first report on the economic cost of space […]