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Stellar snowflakes
Almost like snowflakes, the stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about…
Earth from Space: Colourful Queensland
Video: 00:03:02 This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over part of…
Colourful Queensland, Australia
This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, takes us over part of Channel Country – a pastural…
Arctic Circle oil spill
Image: Images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission show the extent of the Arctic Circle oil…
Orbital space ageing tests offered for space age materials
Exposure to space can be bad for the health of many materials. ESA and French space…
ESA moves ahead on low-cost reusable rocket engine
ESA’s Prometheus is the precursor of ultra-low-cost rocket propulsion that is flexible enough to fit a…
#trainlikeanastronaut Challenge #2: Cosmic Cartwheels
It’s time to get up, move our bodies, and train like an astronaut! In the second…
Hubble makes surprising find in the early Universe
Image: Intracluster light in galaxy cluster MACSJ0416 Click here for original story, Hubble makes…