This is one of the largest artificial bodies of water in the world, as seen by…
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Ariane 5 ECA prepares for launch
Preparations are well underway for the qualification flight of Europe’s latest launcher, the Ariane-5 ECA, from…
Earth & Space Week 2005
Celebrating our Planet While Reaching for the Stars. From 12 to 20 February, world leaders, policy…
Crater Lake Italy
Lake or Lago Albano is a crater lake located in the Alban Hills around 24 kilometres…
Oil Prospecting from Space
It takes seismic force to make the ground give up its secrets. Through the years, those…
Telemedicine: Healthcare’s New Frontier
Telemedicine is healthcare’s new frontier, a means of facilitating the distribution of human resources and professional…
SMART-1’s first images from the Moon
ESA’s SMART-1 captured its first close-range images of the Moon this January, during a sequence of…
Science Fiction Writing Competition
Now that the world has seen the first images of Saturn’s moon Titan, here is a…
Earth from Space: image of the week
This Envisat multi-temporal image shows the municipality named after Tianjin, China’s third largest city. Read more…
Iceberg collision?
Some anticipated the ‘collision of the century’: the vast, drifting B15-A iceberg was apparently on collision…