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Inspire

September 17, 2025 | Issue 74

Back to School with space-related STEM projects from ESA and ESERO 2025–2026

Explore five inspiring STEM projects from ESA and the ESERO network. Use the excitement of space to engage students and enhance your STEM teaching!

Topics: Astronomy / space, Careers in STEM, Coding, Engineering, News from the EIROs, Physics, Resources, Sustainability

Teach

February 1, 2022 | Issue 56

Infrared webcam hack – using infrared light to observe the world in a new way

What would the world look like if we could see infrared light? With some simple modifications, you can turn a cheap webcam into an infrared camera and find out!

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Astronomy / space, Earth science, Engineering, Physics

Understand

December 8, 2009 | Issue 13

The first light in the Universe

Ana Lopes and Henri Boffin take us on a trip back in time – probing the history of the Universe.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
             

Teach

August 4, 2006 | Issue 1

Launching a dream: the first European student satellite in orbit

One hour and 34 minutes after the bright tail of the Kosmos 3M rocket disappeared from view, more than one hundred students are checking their watches nervously. The first signal from their satellite should arrive any minute. Barbara Warmbein, from the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the…

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering