A research team has mapped the entire African continent south of the Sahara for geographical changes, and has discovered that many areas receive drastically different amounts of rainfall today compared to just ten years ago.

Mobile location technology and services company Rx Networks has announced that it will, along with four European industry leaders, be developing a European-based location service.

An event on space research in the EU’s research and innovation framework programme will take place tomorrow in South Africa.

A Greek SME has announced it has won funding under Horizon 2020’s SME Instrument.

The European Commission has announced the indicative results of its ‘Applications in Satellite Navigation – Galileo’ 2014-2015 call, which focuses on the European Global Navigation Satellite System (EGNSS).

Astronomers have looked back nearly 13 billion years to determine how quasars regulate the formation of stars and the build-up of the most massive galaxies.

Details have been released for an event on Horizon 2020 and its Industrial Leadership satellite navigation call.

The collaboration of telescopes around the globe will now be easier and more efficient after the EU gave the green light to forming the consortium.

The European Commission has announced three new calls for project proposals as part of Horizon 2020.

Horizon 2020 has funded new technology that uses intelligent materials to assist a spacecraft’s moveable parts during launch and following take-off.

Horizon 2020 will release further research funding for the space sector next month.

Funding from the European Research Council has helped to discover an ‘ice giant’ planet similar to Uranus.

An EU-funded project has helped develop a new navigation system that enables a space rover to determine its own course.

Scientists funded by the European Research Council and working in the UK and United States are investigating the growth of ancient quasars.

Businesses and research institutions will soon have more reliable access to commercial Earth observation satellite data, according to a European Commission proposal.

The European Commission has initiated the consultation process to define the contents of the 2016 Work Programme for Horizon 2020 and space.

Funded by the ERC, scientists are aiming to further our understanding of dark energy, the mysterious and unknown force that powers the accelerating expansion of our Universe.

The latest meeting of the Competitiveness Council will take place on 26 May. Research and innovation in the space sector will be discussed.

The EU is supporting a number of new initiatives for technological co-operation and development with Africa in the space sector to secure global sustainable growth.

Almost six in ten Europeans think that space activities contribute to job creation in the EU, and that investing in human space exploration can lead to medical progress.