Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This…
The sounds of BepiColombo’s sixth flight past Mercury
Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This…
ESA – Satellite ready for close-up
Mounted on a robotic arm attached to a 33-m long rail, a camera system is brought…
Even More Planets Were Hiding in Kepler’s Fields
Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets…
Marsquakes might explain Mars’ north-south hemisphere differences
A map showing the stark difference between Mars’ southern highlands, in yellows and oranges, and northern…
NASA is Testing Shape Memory Alloy Wheels
Rovers on alien worlds need to be built of strong stuff. The dry rugged terrain can…
Earth from Space: Cyclone Dikeledi
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured Cyclone Dikeledi south of Madagascar on 16 January, just a few…
Earth from Space: Cyclone Dikeledi
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured Cyclone Dikeledi south of Madagascar on 16 January, just a few…
Astronomers Release a Huge Survey of Exocomet Belts
The study of exoplanets is challenging enough with the immense distances and glare from the host…
ESA – A Tarantula’s outskirts
Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of…