In Neptune, it’s raining diamonds

In cooperation with colleagues from Germany and the United States, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have managed to demonstrate ‘diamond ...


How to build your own Git server

If you know how to use Git and SSH, then you already know how to create a Git server. The way Git is designed, the moment you create or clone a repository, you have already set up ha...


How embedded Linux accelerates IoT development

You’ll find that the quickest way to build components of an IoT ecosystem is to use embedded Linux, whether you’re augmenting existing devices or designing a new device or system fro...


Explore climate data with open source tools

A quick search of the Internet led me to the Open Climate Workbench, a project that is part of the Apache Software Foundation. The Open Climate Workbench (OCW) develops software that...


7 resources for open education materials

Shrinking school budgets and growing interest in open content has created an increased demand for open educational resources. According to the FCC, The U.S. spends more than $7 billi...


4 stages of open leadership development

In our open organization, we saw that leadership capabilities develop in different stages, based on influence and impact. A person is a leader when they take initiative and collabora...


25 years of Linux in 5 minutes

Jeremy Garcia of LinuxQuestions.org and Bad Voltage (a podcast) delivers 25 years of Linux in five minutes: starting with Linux’s first steps as just a hobby for creator Linus Torval...


Watch live: Sentinel-2B launch

The second in the two-satellite Sentinel-2 mission is set for launch from French Guiana on 7 March at 01:49 GMT (02:49 CET). Sentinel-2 is the second mission for Europe’s Copernicus ...


Vita liftoff replay

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergey Ryazansky launched to the International Space Station on 28 July from Baikonur Cosmodrome on ...


Unravelling Earth’s magnetic field

Applications Unravelling Earth’s magnetic field 21/03/2017 38278 views 267 likes ESA’s Swarm satellites are seeing fine details in one of the most difficult layers of Earth’s magnet...


Thomas Pesquet returns to Earth

Science & Exploration Thomas Pesquet returns to Earth 02/06/2017 12425 views 137 likes ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian command...


Test site for ESA-backed airbreathing engine

Enabling & Support Test site for ESA-backed airbreathing engine 04/05/2017 8530 views 142 likes Work began today on building the UK’s latest rocket engine test facility, designe...