ESA’s European Space Agency’s (ESA) Cluster mission‘s satellite Salsa, which was launched in 2000, is ending its mission after 24 years of studying Earth’s magnetic field and is all set for a dramatic return to Earth on September 8, 2024.The mission was initially expected to last two years but continued for 24 years. Salsa is … Read more
NEW DELHI: As the world marks chocolate day on July 7, European Space Agency shared a series of images showing astronauts savouring the day aboard International Space Station.In a post on Instagram, the space agency said, “Astronauts aboard the @iss indulge in chocolate delights just like we do on Earth. Imagine floating in microgravity while … Read more
PARIS: Will clouds help cool or warm our world in the years ahead? The EarthCARE satellite will soon blast off on a mission to find out, aiming to investigate what role clouds could play in the fight against climate change.The collaboration between the European Space Agency and Japan’s JAXA space agency is scheduled to launch … Read more
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured images of spiders on Mars. However, the “spiders” aren’t the usual insects you would expect when hearing that word, though they do resemble the spiders we see here on Earth. Instead, the Martian spiders are actually dark spots between 45 meters and one kilometer across, which have … Read more
Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have identified the biggest stellar black hole, named Gaia BH3, discovered in the Milky Way, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun. This black hole was detected “by chance” during data collection from ESA’s Gaia mission and it imposes an odd ‘wobbling’ motion on the companion … Read more
