Week in images: 23-27 November 2020 Discover our week through the lens Click…
Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home
A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with…
AI 'doctor's assistant' among projects given £20m
The UK government awards £20m to 15 artificial intelligence research projects. Click here for…
Turning Moon dust into oxygen
British engineers are fine-tuning a process that will be used to extract oxygen from lunar dust,…
Supercapacitors ready to deliver maximum power to space
High-power supercapacitors – already found within terrestrial electric cars, trains, lifts and cranes – are on…
Asteroid 2020 WY4 flew past Earth at 0.29 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 WY4 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.29 LD /…
Get involved in ESA's quest for quantum
Just over one year since Google claimed to use a fledgling quantum computer to solve a…
Mysterious dark rays
Some of the most stunning views of our sky occur at sunset, when sunlight pierces the…
Earth from Space: Kiruna
Video: 00:03:27 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission…
Kiruna, Sweden
Image: Kiruna, the northernmost town in Sweden, is featured in this snowy image captured by the…