Artificial Island

The artificial island Palm Jebel Ali shown well under construction in this Proba image. The Palm…

MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION

Scientists using NASA’s Swift satellite and several ground-based telescopes have detected the most distant explosion yet,…

Student Satellite Ready for Launch

SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the…

CryoSat: the ice edge holds the key

Until now satellites have not been able to monitor melting of ice at the very point…

The Biblis Patera volcano

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR AWARD

NASA selected two teams to receive the agency’s Software of the Year Award. A team from…

DEEP IMPACT

Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from…

Next Ariane 5 Mission

Arianespace has set September 29 as the date for its next Ariane 5 mission, which will…

CryoSat – ESA’s ice mission

If our planet is warming up, what does the future hold for Earth’s frozen Poles? ESA’s…

Belgium from Space

The green landscapes of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg ­ collectively known as Benelux ­ as…