Tag: ESA

(Climate Change) Counting carbon (ESA)

ESA writes: The Paris Agreement adopted a target for global warming not to exceed 1.5°C. This sets a limit on the additional carbon we...

(Space) Better understanding of Earth’s atmospheric chemistry from studying Mars? (ESA)

ESA writes: Long-term studies of ozone and water vapour in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better understanding of atmospheric chemistry for the...

(Earth from Space) Tarso Toussidé, Chad (ESA)

ESA writes: The Tarso Toussidé volcanic massif is featured in this false-colour composite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. go to ESA: ESA -...

(Space) ESA advances Vega rocket evolution beyond 2025 (ESA)

ESA writes: ESA will further increase the competitiveness and environmental sustainability of Europe’s Vega launch system beyond 2025 through a contract signed with Avio...

(Space) ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July...

ESA writes: ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17...

(Earth from Space) Lima, Peru

ESA writes: Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. go to ESA website: ESA - Earth from Space: Lima,...

(Space) ERS-1: the first image

ESA writes: ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July...

(Space) Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket

ESA writes: ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called Astris in a €90 m development contract...

Space – The mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras is solved (ESA)

The 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras has been solved. For the first time, astronomers have seen the entire mechanism at work...

Earth from Space – Swarm yields new insight into animal migration (ESA)

Using measurements from ESA’s Earth Explorer Swarm mission, scientists have developed a new tool that links the strength and direction of the magnetic field...

Earth from Space – Gulf of Martaban (ESA)

The Gulf of Martaban, an arm of the Andaman Sea located in southern Myanmar, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2...

Space – A touch of sun (ESA)

From ESA’s Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory – one of a suite of labs based at the ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands – a...

Earth from Space – New satellite data techniques reveal coastal sea-level rise (ESA)

For the hundreds of millions of people living in coastal regions around the world, rising seas driven by climate change pose a direct threat....

Space – The heart of a lunar sensor (ESA)

The heart of the Exospheric Mass Spectrometer (EMS) is visible in this image of the key sensor that will study the abundance of lunar...

Space – European Robotic Arm ready for space (ESA)

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) will be launched to the International Space Station together with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, called ‘Nauka’. ESA - European...

Space – From atoms to planets, the longest-running Space Station experiment (ESA)

As Europe celebrates 20 years of ESA astronauts on the International Space Station, a Russian-European experiment has been running quietly in the weightless research...