Poyang Lake from Space

This Envisat image shows the patchy waters of Poyang Lake (Poyang Hu) in winter. In summer…

Black Holes Creating Havoc

Black holes are creating havoc in unsuspected places, according to a new study of images of…

ESA service warns asthma sufferers

We all wonder what is in the air for 2006 – but for people with asthma…

Kliuchevskoi Volcano from Space

At 4835 metres high, the snow-dusted peak of the Kliuchevskoi volcano casts a clear shadow in…

Magnetic Field Mission Ends

NASA’s Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite recently ceased operations, bringing to a close a…

Satellites see Solar Wind

A flotilla of space-weather satellites ­ ESA’s Cluster and NASA’s ACE and Wind – observed for…

Polaris – a Triple Star

By stretching the capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to the limit, astronomers photographed the close…

Supernova rate for Milky Way

Using ESA’s Integral observatory, an international team of researchers has been able to confirm the production…

Satellites used in Mining

International engineering firm AMEC is working with ESA to improve monitoring of ground subsidence linked to…

Launch of “Daichi” (ALOS) / H-IIA F8

The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 8 (H-IIA F8) with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite “Daichi”(ALOS) onboard…