The Antarctic Ice Sheet has been growing since 2020 – and scientists have now identified why. Research funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) looked at factors affecting Antarctica’s delicate environmental dynamics. Despite accelerating loss of ice through glacier melt, exceptionally heavy snowfall in recent years is adding to the mass of the icy continent.

2026 CLMS General Assembly and user events admin Thu, 23/04/2026 – 14:46 When Jun 23, 2026 09.00 to Jun 25, 2026 14.00Time zone: Copenhagen, Denmark Where Veles e Vents in Valencia, Spain Contact name Claudia Alsager Type Conference Hosting organisation European Environment Agency and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Add event to calendar…

The ESA Academy Case Studies Programme invites student teams, enrolled in a tertiary education institution in an ESA Member State or Associate Member, to work on ESA-originated topics over a period of 2 to 6 months, with light mentoring from ESA experts. ESA Academy Case Studies can be integrated by professors into a course or…

The results are in! Today is the day student teams find out if their code has achieved flight status for the European Astro Pi Challenge 2025/2026! The first batches of Mission Space Lab programs are scheduled to start running on the International Space Station (ISS) this week, with Mission zero programs scheduled for mid-May.

Happy Earth Day, 22 April – a global call to act and protect our planet. At the European Space Agency, that action begins in orbit, where satellites deliver a continuous, global view of Earth and track environmental change. Working with partners, ESA turns this stream of data into actionable information through its FutureEO programme, helping…

Image: This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the coast of Gabon in striking colours.

Three Earth observation satellites, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with European partners, and due to launch later this year, have completed their functional and environmental tests and are ready to travel to the European spaceport in French Guiana. But first, journalists were invited to have one last look.

OBSERVER: A quantum secure future with IRIS² sonia Thu, 16/04/2026 – 13:26 As cyber threats evolve and quantum computing advances towards practical applications, traditional encryption methods face more complex challenges. The Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) constellation represents Europe’s ambitious response to this emerging reality, positioning the European Union to integrate…

ESA Academy is receiving applications from highly motivated Master’s and PhD students in engineering disciplines to attend the 2026 edition of the Clean Space Training Course. The course will bring together 30 selected participants for an intensive training programme focused on the integration of environmental sustainability into space mission design. The Clean Space Training Course…

Shrinking ice is arguably one of the most visible indicators of climate change – particularly in the Arctic. However, a European Space Agency-funded study used information from satellites to show that Antarctica is now experiencing similar dramatic changes, with profound consequences for key plankton species that underpin the region’s marine food web.