Like astronauts, heavy-equipment operators in remote mines can benefit from long-distance monitoring using space technology. An…
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Proba Family
This story explains what is the PROBA family and looks back at the previous PROBA missions.…
Black hole eats a super-Jupiter
Astronomers using ESA’s Integral and XMM-Newton space telescopes, NASA’s Swift and the MAXI (Monitor of All-sky…
Revealing the cosmic microwave background with Planck
This animation illustrates the painstaking detective work performed by cosmologists in the Planck Collaboration to extract…
Snap-proof space tether
Space tethers hold intriguing potential for satellite manoeuvring, attitude control and even power generation. But about…
Looking over white darkness
ESA-sponsored medical doctor Alex Salam at Concordia station recalls his experience: "A privilege to live in…
Actin and vinculin in adherent monocyte
The internal structure of a human cell in simulated gravity taken on the International Space Station.…
Satellite’s fibre diet: Proba-V hosting fibre optics test
Along with its main task of mapping our planet’s vegetation, ESA’s Proba-V satellite will also serve…
Noctis Labyrinthus mosaic
This mosaic shows part of the Noctis Labyrinthus region, the ‘Labyrinth of the Night’, on Mars.…
Masquerading as a double star
The object in this image is Jonckheere 900 or J 900, a planetary nebula — glowing…