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Science & Exploration 09/10/2025 565 views 6 likes By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like

Science & Exploration 08/10/2025 36 views 1 likes In brief Combing through 20 years of images from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft, scientists

Applications 08/10/2025 376 views 13 likes During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 metres high – as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the

Applications 08/10/2025 76 views 1 likes The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is about to get its fourth satellite. Copernicus Sentinel-1D has now undergone the checks and functional tests prior to its

Science & Exploration 07/10/2025 18648 views 48 likes The two Mars orbiters had the closest view of the comet of all ESA spacecraft. During its closest approach to the Red

What a difference a year makes! Today Hera’s asteroid mission for planetary defence is cruising through deep space on the far side of the Sun, headed to its final destination: the