Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is the first spacecraft to observe…
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Miniature satellite to map global vegetation
The French Spot satellites have been charting the world’s vegetation since 1998. This important task soon…
Hot interior of the Eskimo Nebula
Hot X-ray-emitting gas detected by ESA’s XMM-Newton reveals the Eskimo’s blue face shining at 2 million…
Hubble’s “Flying V”
This large “flying V” is actually two distinct objects — a pair of interacting galaxies known…
Honey, are you for real?
A laser device developed in the hopes of measuring carbon on Mars may soon be used…
African equatorial forest
The animation shows the change in vegetation in African equatorial forest from 12 months of data…
Lake Powell, United States
This Landsat image from 19 July 2011 shows Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River…
Inside the chamber
Alphasat inside the Intespace Simmer vacuum chamber. The team completes final preparations before the start of…
Earth from Space: Canyon country
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the…