New moon making waves

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft has confirmed earlier suspicions of an unseen moon hidden in a gap…

Dust Storms linked to health risk

Medical researchers are using satellites to track massive dust storms blowing across Africa’s Sahel belt. The…

Angolan Marburg outbreak

World Health Organisation personnel combating an Angolan outbreak of the lethal Marburg virus used high-resolution satellite-based…

Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

Europe’s west coast

An Envisat observation of Europe’s west coast this week stretches from the British Isles down to…

Global Earth map

The most detailed portrait ever of the Earth’s land surface is being created with ESA’s Envisat…

Through Rosettas eyes

ESA’s comet chaser mission Rosetta took these infrared and visible images of Earth and the Moon,…

Polar Challenge racers

The final stretch of the Scott Dunn Polar Challenge is approaching: 44 competitors on 16 teams…

North Sentinel Island

A cloudy day on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean, home to the last small…

Tithonium Chasma up close

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…