Thousands of children across Europe have taken part in a competition to submit drawings that will be miniaturised and sent into space onboard ESA’s Cheops astronomy satellite.
Tag: ESA
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Integral sets limits on gamma rays from merging black holes
Following the discovery of gravitational waves from the merging of two black holes, ESA’s Integral satellite has revealed no simultaneous gamma rays, just as models predict.
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Spikes of silence
Technology image of the week: this spiky foam absorbs sound as well as radio waves, helping to simulate space conditions for satellite testing -
Star-forming ribbon
Space science image of the week: A super-cold filament of dust contains 800 times as much matter as our Sun -
Etosha
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of the Etosha salt pan, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Teamwork
Operations image of the week: A team of teams at ESA’s operations centre assumes control of humanity’s next mission to the Red Planet -
Frosty martian valleys
Nestled within the fractured rim of a vast impact basin on Mars are valley floors dusted in frost.
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ExoMars performing flawlessly
Following a spectacular liftoff, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is performing flawlessly en route to the Red Planet.
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To feel a falling feather
Technology image of the week: ESA’s new microvibration machine can measure the forces imparted by a single dropped feather -
Lonely lunch
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Last sunlit lunch in solitude at Concordia research station in Antarctica -
Radar vision
The second Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1B, is set for launch on 22 April. Discover more about the constellation and ‘radar vision’ for Copernicus
