Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

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

Europe’s west coast

An Envisat observation of Europe’s west coast this week stretches from the British Isles down to…

Global Earth map

The most detailed portrait ever of the Earth’s land surface is being created with ESA’s Envisat…

Through Rosettas eyes

ESA’s comet chaser mission Rosetta took these infrared and visible images of Earth and the Moon,…

Polar Challenge racers

The final stretch of the Scott Dunn Polar Challenge is approaching: 44 competitors on 16 teams…

North Sentinel Island

A cloudy day on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean, home to the last small…

Tithonium Chasma up close

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

Space tech comes down to Earth

It is doubtful whether engineers working on the accelerometers used in Ariane launchers envisaged that one…

Earths gravity scar

A new ESA study predicts that the devastating Sumatran earthquake, which resulted in the tragic tsunami…

Neutron Stars

Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft, European astronomers have observed for the first time rotating…