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March 20th, 2025 09:00:00 EDT -0400 Read ESA's Strategy 2040

ESA's Strategy 2040

Read the Five Goals

May 23rd, 2025 10:10:00 EDT -0400 Week in images: 19-23 May 2025
Streaks on Mars

Week in images: 19-23 May 2025

Discover our week through the lens

May 23rd, 2025 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Alakol, the multicoloured lake
Lake Alakol in eastern Kazakhstan is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1. Image: Lake Alakol in eastern Kazakhstan is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
May 21st, 2025 02:43:00 EDT -0400 Recipe for a ‘rocky road’ crater soaked in martian history

To create a crumbly crater rich in ice and chunky blocks soaked in layers of martian history – like this one recently observed by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express – follow this recipe:

  1. Toss a space rock into Mars to form a classic circular base
  2. Layer with molten lava 
  3. Carve channels with liquid water
  4. Chill to create ice, and freeze-thaw multiple times to slowly expand crater edges
  5. Sprinkle generously with volcanic dust, and leave to set
  6. Serve to hungry Mars fans!
May 20th, 2025 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Second CubeSat joins ESA’s Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis
Ramses mission patch
May 16th, 2025 09:10:00 EDT -0400 Week in images: 12-16 May 2025
Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

Week in images: 12-16 May 2025

Discover our week through the lens

May 16th, 2025 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Svalbard Archipelago
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us this cloud-free view of Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us this cloud-free view of Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
May 15th, 2025 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Apply now to ESA's Junior Professional Programme: your portal to space
Junior Professional Programme 2025

Are you passionate about space and looking to build a long-term career in the European space sector? Do you have two to three years of professional experience and a Master’s degree? The European Space Agency is offering a unique opportunity through its Junior Professional Programme (JPP), designed to cultivate the next generation of space professionals. If you dream of contributing to cutting-edge space missions and working in an international, dynamic environment, this programme is your gateway to an exciting future at ESA. Apply now to join us as a Junior Professional!

May 14th, 2025 08:00:00 EDT -0400 Titan forecast: partly cloudy with a chance of methane showers
Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

A science team has combined data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope to see evidence of cloud convection on Saturn’s moon Titan in the northern hemisphere for the first time. Most of Titan’s lakes and seas are located in that hemisphere, and are likely replenished by an occasional rain of methane and ethane. Webb also has detected a key carbon-containing molecule that gives insight into the chemical processes in Titan’s complex atmosphere.