ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has for the first time allowed scientists to study in detail the…
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South Polar ozone hole
This season’s Antarctic ozone hole has swollen to an area of ten million square kilometres from…
Galileo satellite payload testing
Testing of the first Galileo satellites, which form part of what is called the Galileo System…
Portuguese wildfires
Plumes of smoke from serious wildfires across Portugal fan into the Atlantic in this Envisat satellite…
1000th comet
On 5 August 2005, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft achieved an incredible milestone – the discovery of…
Zambia and Zimbabwe from space
The narrow, man-made Lake Kariba, located along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, as seen by…
Saturns rings have own atmosphere
Data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft indicate that Saturn’s majestic ring system has its own atmosphere…
China’s Typhoon Matsa
Heavy rainfall and flooding from Typhoon Matsa killed at least 12 people and caused millions of…
Magnetosphere Micro Tturbulence
Thanks to measurements by ESA’s Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified ‘micro’-vortices in…
Venus Express arrives in Baikonur
Blazing hot temperatures welcomed ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft as it arrived at the Yubileiny airport of…