Iceberg larger than London breaks off Brunt
Video: 00:04:25 An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving’. The iceberg, measuring 1550 sq km, detached from the 150 m-thick ice shelf a decade after scientists first spotted massive cracks in the shelf.
For more information on the newly-birthed A81 iceberg, click here.
https://one.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/01/Iceberg_larger_than_London_breaks_off_Brunt
ESA branded merchandise made easy
We’ve just made it easier to use the ESA brand to create merchandise or materials for events. If you are interested in producing and selling merchandising that shows the ESA logo, the ESA flags patch or ESA’s mission patches, there is now a simple way to request the use of ESA emblems.
https://one.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_branded_merchandise_made_easy
Tempestuous young stars in Orion
Image: Tempestuous young stars in Orionhttps://one.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/01/Tempestuous_young_stars_in_Orion
Expansion of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub moves ahead
An ambitious new development phase of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub has begun.
https://one.esa.int/Applications/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/Expansion_of_ESA_s_5G_6G_Hub_moves_ahead
Video: 00:01:07 Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around 150 m thick, calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
This crack was first revealed to be extending in early 2012 after having been dormant for some decades. After several years of desperately clinging on, image data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions visually confirm the calving event.
https://one.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Giant_iceberg_breaks_away_from_Antarctic_ice_shelf
ESA’s digital Historical Archives open online
We’re marking 20 years of the European Centre for Space Records in ESA ESRIN, Frascati, one of the physical homes of the ESA Archives, by giving access to our digital holdings in a new web portal.
https://one.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_s_digital_Historical_Archives_open_online
Image: Visitor to a galaxyIceberg larger than London breaks off Brunt
Video: 00:04:25 An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving’. The iceberg, measuring 1550 sq km, detached from the 150 m-thick ice shelf a decade after scientists first spotted massive cracks in the shelf.
For more information on the newly-birthed A81 iceberg, click here.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/01/Iceberg_larger_than_London_breaks_off_Brunt
2 people reshared this
ESA branded merchandise made easy
We’ve just made it easier to use the ESA brand to create merchandise or materials for events. If you are interested in producing and selling merchandising that shows the ESA logo, the ESA flags patch or ESA’s mission patches, there is now a simple way to request the use of ESA emblems.
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_branded_merchandise_made_easy
sasaeh reshared this.
Tempestuous young stars in Orion
Image: Tempestuous young stars in Orionhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/01/Tempestuous_young_stars_in_Orion
Radar images capture new Antarctic mega-iceberg
Video: 00:00:23 Using radar images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, the animation shows the A81 iceberg breaking away from the Brunt Ice Shelf on 25 January 2023. The new berg is estimated to be around 1550 sq km, which is around the size of Greater London, and is approximately 150 m thick. It calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 split northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
The white square indicated the final breakpoint near the McDonald Ice Rumples.
Routine monitoring from satellites offers unparalleled views of events happening in remote regions. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission carries radar, which can return images regardless of day or night and this allows us year-round viewing, which is especially important through the long, dark, austral winter months.
Read the full story: Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/01/Radar_images_capture_new_Antarctic_mega-iceberg
Bluedragon likes this.
Video: 00:01:07 Expansion of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub moves ahead
An ambitious new development phase of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub has begun.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/Expansion_of_ESA_s_5G_6G_Hub_moves_ahead
Marcio Aleksandravicius likes this.
Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around 150 m thick, calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
This crack was first revealed to be extending in early 2012 after having been dormant for some decades. After several years of desperately clinging on, image data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions visually confirm the calving event.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Giant_iceberg_breaks_away_from_Antarctic_ice_shelf
Leonardo Di Ottio reshared this.
ESA’s digital Historical Archives open online
We’re marking 20 years of the European Centre for Space Records in ESA ESRIN, Frascati, one of the physical homes of the ESA Archives, by giving access to our digital holdings in a new web portal.
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_s_digital_Historical_Archives_open_online
Peter Motte likes this.
Peter Motte reshared this.
New Galileo service set to deliver 20 cm accuracy
Galileo’s capabilities have grown with the addition of a new High Accuracy Service, freely available worldwide to anyone with a suitably equipped receiver. Delivering horizontal accuracy down to 20 cm and vertical accuracy of 40 cm, the High Accuracy Service is enabled through an additional level of real-time positioning corrections, delivered through a new data stream within the existing Galileo signal.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/New_Galileo_service_set_to_deliver_20_cm_accuracy
3 people like this
carla reshared this.
How ESA works with the EU to advance European space
ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space entrepreneurship, people attending the 15th European space conference held on 24 and 25 January in Brussels will hear.
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/How_ESA_works_with_the_EU_to_advance_European_space
Juice launch (artist’s impression)
Image: Juice launch (artist’s impression)https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/01/Juice_launch_artist_s_impression2
SpaceNosey likes this.
Webb unveils dark side of pre-stellar ice chemistry
The discovery of diverse ices in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud measured to date has been announced by an international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. This result allows astronomers to examine the simple icy molecules that will be incorporated into future exoplanets, while opening a new window on the origin of more complex molecules that are the first step in the creation of the building blocks of life.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_unveils_dark_side_of_pre-stellar_ice_chemistry
2 people reshared this
ESA DG’s annual press briefing 2023
Video: 01:06:46 Watch a replay of our start-of-the-year press briefing looking ahead at 2023, with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Directors. They presented the next steps of Agenda 2025, looking at new missions, science, space safety and commercialisation of space.
Access the Director General’s slides
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/01/ESA_DG_s_annual_press_briefing_2023
Kevin McPeake ✅ reshared this.
ESA to help develop secure quantum communications
Staying safe from cyberattacks that target vital services such as power supplies is increasingly important in today’s digital world. ESA is supporting European autonomy to keep people connected by working with satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space to develop highly secure technologies based on the unbreakable laws of quantum physics.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/ESA_to_help_develop_secure_quantum_communications
Watch ESA Director General annual press briefing 2023
Join our start-of-the-year press briefing looking ahead at 2023, with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Directors. They’ll present the next steps of Agenda 2025, looking at new missions, science, space safety and commercialisation of space.
Tune in to #ESAwebTV on 23 January, from 08:00 GMT/09:00 CET, to watch live.
More on ESA’s Vision and Agenda25.
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Watch_ESA_Director_General_annual_press_briefing_2023
Galileo tribute unveiled as Juice says ‘Farewell, Europe’
A commemorative plaque celebrating Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons has been unveiled on ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice. The spacecraft has just completed its final tests before departing Toulouse, France, for Europe’s Spaceport to count down to an April launch.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Galileo_tribute_unveiled_as_Juice_says_Farewell_Europe
Image: Visitor to a galaxyFuture-proofing ice measurements from space
With diminishing ice one of the biggest casualties of our warming world, it’s imperative that accurate measurements continue to be made for scientific research and climate policy, as well as for practical applications such as ship routing. To ensure that ESA and NASA are getting the best out of their ice-measuring satellites and to help prepare for Europe’s new CRISTAL satellite, the two space agencies along with the British Antarctic Survey and a team of scientists teamed up recently to carry out an ambitious campaign in Antarctica.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/CryoSat/Future-proofing_ice_measurements_from_space
Gitte Herden 📸 likes this.
Gitte Herden 📸 reshared this.
Image: Hera’s time of trialLooking back at the eruption that shook the world
One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga, spewing volcanic material up to 58 km into the atmosphere. It brought a nearly 15 m tsunami that crashed ashore, destroying villages, and creating a sonic boom that rippled around the world – twice.
Satellites orbiting Earth scrambled to capture images and data of the aftermath of the disaster. Almost a year later, you can now listen to a sonification of the largest eruption of the 21st Century, created using wind data from ESA’s Aeolus mission.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Aeolus/Looking_back_at_the_eruption_that_shook_the_world
3 people like this
Zem 🇪🇹 🇪🇺 reshared this.
Week in images: 09-13 January 2023
Discover our week through the lens
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images_09-13_January_2023
2 people like this
XMM-Newton spies black holes eating the same stars again and again
Two teams of astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope have observed repeated outbursts of light from inactive black holes that partially destroy stars again and again. This discovery is unexpected, since outbursts of black holes usually appear only once when a black hole consumes a star.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton_spies_black_holes_eating_the_same_stars_again_and_again
thesmot likes this.
Snowless ski slopes from space
Image: Snowless ski slopes from spacehttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/01/Snowless_ski_slopes_from_space
2 people like this
4 people reshared this
ESA Preview 2023
Video: 00:06:33 At the start of 2023 the European Space Agency ESA is happily looking forward to another year filled with a host of thrilling new missions, cutting edge science and the continued effort to guarantee independent access to space for Europe. We will see the first images of the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite, the launch of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, and of Euclid and another Sentinel-1 satellite launch. It will also be the year of Ariane 6 which will make its inaugural flight and the first Dane in space, Andreas Mogensen will return to the ISS as the new astronaut-candidates commence their training. Near the end of the year the second Space Summit will further cement ESA’s ambitions for Space in Europe.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/01/ESA_Preview_2023
2 people like this
Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own, clocking in at 99% of Earth’s diameter.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_confirms_its_first_exoplanet
3 people like this
3 people reshared this
Sentinel-1 and AI uncover glacier crevasses
Scientists have developed a new Artificial Intelligence, or AI, technique using radar images from Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite mission, to reveal how the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue in West Antarctica is being damaged by squeezing and stretching as it flows from the middle of the continent to the coast. Being able to track fractures and crevasses in the ice beneath the overlying snow is key to better predicting the fate of floating ice tongues under climate change.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Sentinel-1_and_AI_uncover_glacier_crevasses
2 people like this
2 people reshared this
Mix a ‘space juice’ to celebrate ESA’s Juice mission!
ESA is kicking off the new year by inviting you to create a unique juice mocktail to represent the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer – also known as Juice – launching in April. The winner of the most imaginative recipe will be invited to ESA’s Social Space launch event in Darmstadt, Germany, where our favourite space juices will be served!
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Mix_a_space_juice_to_celebrate_ESA_s_Juice_mission
2 people like this
Eye reshared this.
Video: 00:19:50 Christmas craterscape
This beautifully crisp icy scene with a swirling ribbon of rusty red and white striped terrain connecting two large craters wraps up the year on Mars.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Christmas_craterscape
2 people like this
How Hera asteroid mission will phone home
Image: How Hera asteroid mission will phone homehttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2022/12/How_Hera_asteroid_mission_will_phone_home
gfvh likes this.
Leonardo Di Ottio reshared this.
Flight VV22 failure: Arianespace and ESA appoint an independent inquiry commission
Press Release N° 72–2022
Arianespace announced early today the failure of Flight VV22 carrying Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 satellites.
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Flight_VV22_failure_Arianespace_and_ESA_appoint_an_independent_inquiry_commission
Arianespace announced early today the failure of Flight VV22 carrying Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 satellites.
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Flight_VV22_failure_Arianespace_and_ESA_appoint_an_independent_inquiry_commission
e
•