For the first time ever, a telecommunications satellite has used an iodine propellant to change its…
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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…
Lake heatwaves to increase due to climate change
Lake heatwaves – periods of extreme warm surface water temperature in lakes – may become hotter…
Elves seen from space
Artist impression of lightning in clouds seen from space followed by a blue flash that lasts…
Genesis of blue lightning into the stratosphere detected from the International Space Station
Dark clouds, the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, the flashes of intense light followed…
Tests prove carbon-fibre fuel tank for Phoebus upper stage
Recent tests show that lightweight carbon-fibre reinforced plastic is strong enough to replace metal used in…
Test of carbon-composite oxidiser tank
Tests show that lightweight carbon-fibre reinforced plastic is strong enough to replace metal used in upper-stage…
Keep this surface dirty
Image: A ‘do not touch’ directive applies to both a Matisse painting and this Matiss experiment…