Hubble assists Rosetta comet mission

Results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have played a major role in preparing ESA’s ambitious…

Fire on the French Riviera

A month after an earlier blaze was quelled, fire returned to the forested hills above the…

Close encounters of another kind?

The latest discovery of a large asteroid moving through our Solar System puts a spotlight on…

Winner announced for science fiction competition

Selected by an international jury out of 104 entries from 36 countries, Lavie Tidhar’s story Temporal…

How to drop in on Titan

You need to have thought of almost every eventuality when landing on a distant moon in…

SUCCESS 2002 Student Contest award ceremony

Today, at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, the outcome of the SUCCESS 2002 Student Contest…

Nuna II ready for its debut

On 19 October 50 racing cars will be in Darwin, Australia warming up for the start…

A cloud-free Europe captured by MSG-1

As most Europeans breathe a sigh of relief as this record-breaking summer draws to a close,…

25 Years of Human Spaceflight in Europe

2003 is a year for Europe to commemorate a number of “firsts” in human spaceflight. 25…

Flip a Sun’s pole for more dust

Astronomers once thought they understood how the Sun worked. A large ball of gas, generating energy…