Scientists say the recent tear in the Earth’s continental crust near the Red Sea in Africa’s…
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Cluster hits the magnetic bulls-eye
ESA’s spacecraft constellation Cluster has hit the magnetic bull’s-eye. The four spacecraft surrounded a region within…
Cardiff from Space
Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, is featured in this ALOS image. Recognised as the capital…
Venus Express
On 20 April 2006, after its first 9-day, elongated orbit around Venus, ESA’s Venus Express started…
Search for Mars life
As part of ESA’s ambitious, long-term Aurora exploration programme, ExoMars will search for traces of life…
Botswana from Space
Botswana’s Okavango Delta is highlighted in the lower left corner of this Envisat image. The Okavango…
Supernova leaves behind mysterious object
Thanks to data from ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite, a team of scientists taking a closer look at…
International Polar Year 2007-2008
Thousands of scientists from 60 countries will be conducting research during International Polar Year 2007-2008 and…
Kepler Crater as seen by SMART-1
This animation, made from images taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s…
First ESA long-duration ISS mission
ESA PR 18-2006. With NASA’s announcement today of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on 1…