25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
... going around TOI-178's central star in the same orbit. However, after using data from the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS satellite, alongside the ground-based ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s VLT and the NGTS and SPECULOOS...
21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... collect rock and soil samples and store them in a cache on the planet's surface. NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are studying future mission concepts to retrieve the samples and return them to Earth, so this landing site...
20 July 2020
Satellite technology supports project to replace soy in livestock feed
... animal feed alternative to soy. DryGro’s pioneering project which is under a programme of and funded by the European Space Agency, is utilising a floating macrophyte commonly known as Lemna or duckweed, and turning it into a high protein animal...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
.... Photos: K Manick/SJ Gill/NHM About the authors Dr Dayl Martin is a postdoctoral research fellow at the European Space Agency (ESA), and is the curator of ESA’s Exploration Sample Analogue Collection. His research is currently focussed on developing...
22 April 2016
Arianespace's Soyuz Launch Scheduled for Later Today
... With a liftoff mass of 2,164 kg., this Thales Alenia Space-built platform will join the space segment of Copernicus - the European Commission's program with the European Space Agency (ESA). Sentinel-1B is designed to provide a comprehensive solution...
23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
...candidates for the number one spot, the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Atmospheric Remote... Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science. "ARIEL will allow European scientists to maintain competitiveness in this dynamic field. It will build...
