#DYK that each one of the two #Sentinel3 satellites is designed for a life of at least seven years? But just in case, they have enough fuel to provide up […]

Ion beam on! @esascience #IOTW Supercomputer simulations show how plasma flows around the #BepiColombo spacecraft when @ESA_MTM fires its ion thrusters.Read more: https://t.co/pWpsHQP4nr pic.twitter.com/yJMtG2byjR — ESA (@esa) April 23, 2018

ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week: This pretty, cloud-like object may not look much like a galaxy, but it is in fact Credit: @ESA Hubble / @NASA A. Fillipenko https://t.co/F8W98A2iNQ pic.twitter.com/0je7XIjw3P […]

What does a year of spaceflight training in Russia look like? … Check out these photos shared by @astro_luca https://t.co/aFmqsBYveT — ESA (@esa) April 23, 2018

The Blue Horsehead Nebula looks quite different in infrared light. In visible light, the reflecting dust of the nebula appears blue and shaped like a horse’s head. In infrared light, […]

Detecting #PlasticPollution from space? An @esa supported project is studying how we can use plastic's own spectral signature as "fingerprint" for satellite to pick it up from orbit: https://t.co/hEj55sloLm#EarthDay2018 #EndPlasticPollution pic.twitter.com/oSYVlBf8up […]

Many thanks for all the responses to our Earth tote bag giveaway for #EarthDay, some great Earth-friendly tips being shared. We'll announce a winner on Monday. P.S. The bag and […]

🎥 On 25 April @ESAGaia will release an astonishing catalogue with the positions, distances & motions of *more than one billion* stars! A huge leap with respect to the previous […]

No matter how you look at it: we only have one earth, one home. Every action counts! #EarthDay @Thom_astro @esa pic.twitter.com/cBXv6KCUL0 — FAO Newsroom (@FAOnews) April 22, 2018