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Beginner's Space

Beginner guides to space, including short video explainers and quick-look space facts

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Explore the intriguing findings of water distribution in Jupiter's stratosphere. There's a clear asymmetry with more water in the southern hemisphere compared to the northern. The study also links this upper atmosphere water to the 1994 comet impacts of Shoemaker-Levy 9. Dive deeper into the mysteries of our Solar System!

Quick-look facts about Jupiter: the largest gas giant planet in the Solar System, and destination for ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission!

Learn the difference between a 'shooting star' a fireball, a meteoroid and more in this handy infographic that illustrates what’s what in the fascinating world of space rocks.

Space basics

Exploring outer space doesn't come without rules. In this episode of Meet the Experts, Thea Flem Dethlefsen discusses the laws that govern space to ensure that all states have equal, fair and sustainable access in the present and the future.

Downloadable factsheet with facts about the Sun and ESA's Solar Orbiter mission

The top five ESA astronauts who have done spacewalks, presented in order of total time spent doing an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). (Numbers as of April 2021)

Space facts

As we return to the Moon and prepare for missions to Mars and deeper into the Solar System, spacecraft will need more than delayed signals and one-way links. ESA is helping build an Internet for space — a network designed to handle vast distances, moving spacecraft and disrupted connections.

Using delay-tolerant networking, laser communications and future navigation systems beyond Earth, data can be stored, carried and forwarded until it safely reaches its destination.
From lunar missions to deep space exploration, this space internet will help keep humanity connected — wherever we go next.

Save this Pin to explore the future of space communication.

In November 2025, Airbus recalled part of its aircraft fleet for a software update following an intense solar radiation event. Solar eruptions don’t just create stunning auroras — they can also disturb the space environment around Earth. At cruising altitude, aircraft are high enough to feel these effects, reminding us that space weather doesn’t stop at the edge of space. If your travel plans went sideways last autumn, the Sun might have been part of the story.

When the Sun erupts, it can unleash a powerful solar flare followed by a coronal mass ejection – a vast cloud of energised particles racing through space at millions of kilometres per hour. When these storms reach Earth, they can disturb our planet’s magnetic field, disrupt radio signals and navigation systems, and light up the skies with vivid auroras.

Thanks to Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic shield, people on the ground are protected – but satellites and space-based infrastructure are more vulnerable. That’s why we keep a constant watch on our star and why future missions like Vigil, observing the Sun from a new vantage point, will help us spot dangerous activity earlier.

We’re watching the Sun, so you don’t have to.

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