ESA's €544 Million Launcher Challenge Bets on Europe's NewSpace Generation
The European Space Agency has committed €543.6 million to three emerging launch companies under its European Launcher Challenge, signaling a…
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Auroras, spinning skies and a week of astronomical imagery
From colorful northern lights over an Icelandic waterfall to star trails above the Atacama Desert, the final days of August 2026 delivered s…
ESA Commits €544 Million to Three European Launcher Startups
The European Space Agency has signed its first contracts under the European Launcher Challenge, channelling nearly €544 million toward three…
MTG-I2 Set to Ride Ariane 6 Into Europe's Weather Watch
Europe's MTG-I2 weather satellite is ready for liftoff aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. The mission marks a pivotal ste…
Sophie Adenot Completes Her Second Spacewalk Above Earth
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA's Anil Menon completed their second joint spacewalk from the International Space Station, marking anoth…
Europe's Busy Week: Weather Satellites and Spacewalks
Within days of each other, the European Space Agency is pulling off two significant achievements: launching the MTG-I2 weather satellite abo…
Jamming and spoofing: satellite navigation faces growing interference threat
Satellite navigation underpins modern infrastructure — yet it remains surprisingly fragile. As jamming and spoofing incidents multiply acros…
Heat Records and Rocket Ranges: Europe's Spatial Infrastructure Under Climate Pressure
A relentless series of heatwaves has made summer 2026 one of Europe's most punishing on record. NASA's Earth observation data tells the stor…
Europe pulls the plug on Ariane 6 upgrade plans
Europe has officially scrapped the technical upgrades that were meant to keep Ariane 6 competitive on the global launch market. The decision…
Mars Express Takes a Virtual Lap Around Schiaparelli Crater
Two decades into its mission, Mars Express is still producing some of the most detailed views of the Martian surface. Its latest release cen…
Hubble and Gaia Uncover the Milky Way's Earliest Known Galactic Merger
The Milky Way built itself partly by swallowing smaller galaxies. New data from Hubble and Gaia now confirm a merger event from the galaxy's…
Milky Way over Yellowstone: when astronomy looks back at Earth
A night-sky photograph of the Milky Way arching over Yellowstone's geysers and ESA's latest weekly image roundup share one message: compelli…
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