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Sun’s South Pole captured on camera: A breakthrough in science, hinged on a tweaked angle

June 15, 2025 2:29 am

To unveil and capture such significant details of a celestial object through such a tiny manoeuvre offers a lesson. Sometimes, all you need is a new perspective

Tracking the world’s forests: how the ESA’s Biomass mission will work

April 14, 2025 1:39 pm

The satellite is scheduled to lift off on April 29 aboard a Vega C rocket from the ESA’s Korou spaceport in French Guiana

With images of 26 million galaxies, ESA’s Euclid telescope allows ‘deeper’ look into dark universe, galaxy structures

March 26, 2025 3:51 pm

The first data generated by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, released this week, offers an opportunity to understand the finest structures and distances of lakhs of galaxies.

ISRO & ESA agree to cooperate on astronaut training, mission implementation

December 21, 2024 4:17 pm

For the upcoming Axiom-4 mission in which ISRO's Gaganyatri and ESA's astronaut are crew members, both agencies are collaborating to implement shortlisted experiments by Indian Principal Investigators on ISS.

IRIS² will have 290 satellites in Earth's low and medium orbit. (Image Source: European Space Agency)

What is IRIS², the European Union's answer to Elon Musk's Starlink?

December 19, 2024 8:13 am

Developed in partnership with SpaceRISE consortium, IRIS² is the European Space Agency's upcoming internet satellite constellation that may rival Elon Musk's Starklink in the future.

Gaganyaan’s radio equipment to undergo tests at ESA’s German facility

December 13, 2024 5:43 am

ESA’s 15m antenna in French Guiana, South America, to track Gaganyaan-1.

Aditya L1 Proba-3 joint solar observation

Aditya L1 and Proba-3 to conduct joint solar observations in 2025

December 11, 2024 8:23 am

What Aditya L1 and Proba-3 share in common is the coronagraph – an instrument designed to block the sun's bright rays and allow astronomers to view and study its periphery, nearby features or objects.

Knowledge nugget of the day: Proba-3 Mission

December 11, 2024 11:14 am

Proba-3 mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) is successfully placed by ISRO's PSLV-C59. What is the significance of this mission and the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)? Take a look.