SMART-1 views Hadley Rille

This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows…

Student Satellite

The SSETI Express educational space mission received vital assistance with spacecraft integration and testing at ESA…

Tripoli from Space

Agricultural smallholdings outside central Tripoli are dwarfed next to a set of vast irrigated fields, as…

Supernova

Scientists have found that a star that exploded in 1979 is as bright today in X-ray…

CryoSat testing over

The intense mechanical testing period is finally over for the CryoSat satellite, and with launch just…

Cupola Transfer

Ownership of the European-built Cupola observation module for the International Space Station (ISS) was officially transferred…

Three satellites find shy star

An international team of scientists has uncovered a rare type of neutron star so elusive that…

Great Barrier Reef

This Envisat image shows part of the world’s largest coral reef, the 2300-kilometre-long Great Barrier Reef…

Sun-powered Aircraft

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard is constructing a solar-powered plane to fly around the world. His aim…

Venice from Space

The canal city of Venice (Venezia) and the Laguna Veneta are shown here by ESA’s microsatellite…