ESA service warns asthma sufferers

We all wonder what is in the air for 2006 – but for people with asthma…

Kliuchevskoi Volcano from Space

At 4835 metres high, the snow-dusted peak of the Kliuchevskoi volcano casts a clear shadow in…

Satellites see Solar Wind

A flotilla of space-weather satellites ­ ESA’s Cluster and NASA’s ACE and Wind – observed for…

Supernova rate for Milky Way

Using ESA’s Integral observatory, an international team of researchers has been able to confirm the production…

Satellites used in Mining

International engineering firm AMEC is working with ESA to improve monitoring of ground subsidence linked to…

SMART-1 new imaging technique in lunar orbit

ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has been surveying the Moon’s surface in visible and near-infrared light using a…

Killer Electrons

ESA’s Cluster mission has revealed a new creation mechanism of ‘killer electrons’ – highly energetic electrons…

Evidence found for Beagle 2 location

The news that Beagle 2 may have been spotted on the surface of Mars in the…

Mission to Mars via Antarctica

A few weeks before leaving for the Antarctic Concordia Station, the Italian-French crew that will spend…

Vegas Zefiro 9 engine

Flames, smoke and a deafening noise accompanied the first firing test of Vega’s Zefiro 9 third-stage…