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.

The European Space Agency just handed a Canadian satellite operator the keys to one of Europe’s most strategically important space programs. The question is why. ESA awarded Kepler Communications an 18.6 million euro ($22 million) contract to lead the final demonstration element of HydRON, a program that aims to build the world’s first multi-orbital optical […]

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The child who feels both terrified and relieved by the night sky isn't confused — she's experiencing the cognitive state that generates every meaningful question. That contradiction between insignificance and wonder is the engine of curiosity, not an obstacle to it.

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Commercial space station developer Vast unveiled a new docking interface the company is offering to the broader industry for future large stations and spacecraft.

The Western alliance is fracturing in real time, and Italy just delivered the clearest proof yet. When Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suspended her country’s defence cooperation agreement with Israel, she didn’t just freeze one bilateral pact — she demonstrated that Donald Trump is losing the European allies he needs to project power in the Middle […]

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People who refuse help aren't displaying pride — they're running an old calculation learned in childhood, where needing someone meant risking disappointment and eventual loss.

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Washington Harbour Partners leads Series B funding round

BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are spending heavily on maneuverable satellites built for what the defense industry now openly calls orbital warfare, a term that would have seemed hyperbolic a decade ago but has become standard vocabulary at recent Space Symposium events in Colorado Springs. Both contractors unveiled new satellite platforms recently designed to move […]

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Each year the European Space Agency (ESA) invites small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and midcaps to share their views and give feedback about topics which affect their work in the space sector.

An SME Forum occurs as part of the SME and Midcap Days on 8–9 June 2026 at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France. This is preceded by an online preparatory SME Forum in April and May.