SPACENEWS

• Overflights grow by 82.4%, international flights by 27.7% and domestic flights by 18.9% • The growth of air traffic in Spain exceeds the European average by 10.2 points • All ENAIRE control centres saw a double-digit increase in the number of flights managed ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation manager, managed over 140,000 (140,292) flights in Read More

In brief Asteroids, like stars, only come out at night. Hidden in the glare of our Sun are an unknown number of asteroids on paths we cannot track, many of which could be heading for Earth, and we just don’t know it.  ESA’s planned NEOMIR mission will be located between Earth and the Sun and Read More

The Liverpool Land peninsula, on the east coast of Greenland, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. The peninsula is visible at the top partially covered with snow. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more about the features in it. The Scoresby Sound, Read More

The four SpaceX Crew-6 crew members pose for a photo. on the crew access arm at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. photo NASA A new set of four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Read More

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. The data have enabled an initial collection of 21 research papers which provide new insight into how some of the smallest-scale processes in the Universe — the beginnings of Read More

They will be developed between February and April ● This first edition received 22 valid ideas ● The Jury has selected the five ideas that will take part in the incubation programme ● Of the five ideas selected, the three with the highest scores received prizes of 5,000, 3,000 and 1,000 euros ● In a Read More

A new ground motion service utilising Copernicus satellite data is being used by the Italian road agency to detect and monitor unstable ground – helping improve nationwide road infrastructure safety. The design and construction of roads and motorways are strongly affected by any movement taking place on the ground. Italy is particularly subject to unexpected Read More

How does ESA tell if candidate components for future missions have the right stuff for space? First they undergo rigorous ‘environmental testing’ – such as sustained exposure to vacuum, temperature extremes or vibration. Then the resulting condition of a test item is assessed with powerful analytical tools, such as this acoustic microscope. Part of ESA’s Read More

Applications Türkiye and Syria are reeling from one of the worst earthquakes to strike the region in almost a century. Tens of thousands of people have been killed with many more injured in this tragedy. Satellite data are being used to help emergency aid organisations, while scientists have begun to analyse ground movement – aiding Read More

ESA's Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. Euclid will explore Read More