What happens when you expose the #brain to small doses of weightlessness? Three studies during the latest ESA parabolic flight campaign show it can wake up the brain, but disorient […]

Today's a good day to remind everyone of our May Focus On: STARS! Submit to our Space Gallery Competition for a chance to win a feature & Paxi goodies! In […]

As well as imaging all the globe's vegetated continents every 2 days, ESA's @PROBAVegetation mini-satellite has also surveyed icy #Antarctica – @ESA_Tech #IOTW Details: https://t.co/98a9VrqcG1 pic.twitter.com/6UiOtVE5a9 — ESA (@esa) May […]

These ARE the T-shirts you're looking for… design #2 in our new star-studded constellations line, now available from the #ESAshop https://t.co/zk0fIUgXyD#MayTheFourthBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/1AQVGUA94A — ESA (@esa) May 4, 2018

Emi Koussi volcano in northern Chad – at almost 3500 m, it is not only the highest mountain in Chad, but also the highest in the Sahara #EarthFromSpace #Sentinel2 Download […]

This week's #EarthFromSpace programme takes us over the Emi Koussi #volcano in northern #Chad – imaged by the #Sentinel2 B satellite?Watch here: https://t.co/VsaGkDXiyr pic.twitter.com/DyUHLOFHOz — ESA (@esa) May 4, 2018

Between 2011-2017 some glaciers lost mass, some others gained mass, but overall the Patagonian ice fields lost mass at a rate of over 21 Gt a year, which is equivalent […]

Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last entries in Charles Messier’s famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is […]