ESA’s exoplanet watcher Cheops reveals unique planetary system

ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed a unique planetary system consisting of six exoplanets, five of…

In search of stable liquids

Most liquids are in suspension. Particles too small to see by naked eye swirl everywhere as…

Cloud-free Biomass

Cloud-free Biomass incorporates three different products: VanderSat’s patented retrieval method for passive microwave technology, active radar…

Our world is losing ice at record rate

A research team – the first to carry out a survey of global ice loss using…

Global ice loss 1994–2017

A research team – the first to carry out a survey of global ice loss using…

Week in images: 18 – 22 January 2021

Week in images: 18 – 22 January 2021 Discover our week through the lens …

Colours of the lost galaxy

Located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin), around 50 million light-years from Earth, NGC 4535…

Iodine thruster could slow space junk accumulation

For the first time ever, a telecommunications satellite has used an iodine propellant to change its…

Sardinia, Italy

Image: Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, is featured in this false-colour image captured…

Earth from Space: Sardinia

Video: 00:03:23 This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of…