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EGNOS improves navigation safety
The fog today is hanging heavy on the Yangtze River making conditions for navigation rather difficult,…
Oxygen and carbon discovered
The well-known extrasolar planet HD 209458b, provisionally nicknamed ‘Osiris’, has surprised astronomers again. Oxygen and carbon…
Getting together in deep space
The Rosetta space probe’s long trek to Comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko The countdown to Rosetta’s rendezvous in…
X-ray shout echoing through space
ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has imaged a spectacular set of rings which appear to expand, with…
Artificial island arises off Dubai
The rapidly changing face of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is portrayed by contrasting Synthetic…
Envisat completes 10k orbits
Around 7pm CET on 28 January 2004, ESA’s Envisat spacecraft completed its ten thousandth orbit of…
Successful Progress launch
Successful Progress launch paves the way for further scientific utilisation of the Inter-national Space Station by…
Rosetta to help solve planetary mysteries
Rosetta is scheduled to be launched on board an Ariane-5 rocket on 26 February from Kourou,…
Mars Express sees its first possible water
Mars Express, ESA’s first mission to Mars, will reach its final orbit on 28 January. It…