Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, is featured in this ALOS image. Recognised as the capital…
Pollution and local clouds
NASA scientists have determined the formation of clouds is affected by the lightness or darkness of…
Ensuring safety in orbit
In space, there’s no up or down, and exact distances between objects are difficult to judge.…
Venus Express
On 20 April 2006, after its first 9-day, elongated orbit around Venus, ESA’s Venus Express started…
Search for Mars life
As part of ESA’s ambitious, long-term Aurora exploration programme, ExoMars will search for traces of life…
Botswana from Space
Botswana’s Okavango Delta is highlighted in the lower left corner of this Envisat image. The Okavango…
Supernova leaves behind mysterious object
Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite, a team of scientists taking a closer look at…
International Polar Year 2007-2008
Thousands of scientists from 60 countries will be conducting research during International Polar Year 2007-2008 and…
Kepler Crater as seen by SMART-1
This animation, made from images taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s…
Perfect Launch
Picture by Editor Arthur J. Byrnes