When Marc Thiercelin set out on the Vendée Globe, one of the world’s toughest sailing races,…
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Mediterranean Desertification
The severe droughts and forest fires of recent years underline Mediterranean Europe’s continuing vulnerability to desertification…
Coprates Catena’s ‘collapsed’ structures
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Europe reaches the Moon
ESA’s SMART-1 is successfully making its first orbit of the Moon, a significant milestone for the…
Green car sets speed record
When the non-profit organisation IdéeVerte Compétition decided to create a ‘green’ racing car, they turned to…
Cat’s Eye Nebula
The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), seen in detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is…
Earth from Space Image
The ever-shifting sands of the Sahara desert cover a large section of Mauritania. They all but…
Martian moon Phobos in detail
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Navigation projects now online
What is ESA Navigation doing? Quite a lot is the short reply. For the complete answer,…
Europes changing landscape from Space
A new tool based on satellite data shows trends in the way Europeans use our landscape.…