The French explorer, Gilles Elkaïm, who left North Cape (Norway) in May 2000, has almost completed…
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World’s largest postcard?
The biggest postcard in the world does not fit into any known terrestrial letterbox. It measures…
Mouth of the mighty Yangtze
The coloured waters shown here in this 23 March Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) image…
SMART-1 mission update
ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has just made its 250th orbit, in good health and with all functions…
Successful testing of Jules Verne videometer
For the first time, the ‘videometer’ (VDM), a new technology device to ensure very precise automatic…
Europe and Russia: partners in human spaceflight
Fifteen years of fruitful cooperation in human spaceflight activities between Russia and the European Space Agency…
Orbiting Hurricane Hunter back in action
After a three-year gap, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is again routinely assimilating data…
Mars – Ascraeus Mons in 3D
This is a link to a 3D image which shows a portion of the southern flank…
Chilean giant squid invasion
Masses of large ocean-going squid have inundated the shores of Southern Chile, alarming local fishermen who…
Patagonian ice cracks open
A spectacle unseen for 16 years occurred in Patagonia this week: a natural dam of blue…