This week, space weather experts are coming together in Liège, Belgium, for the main annual event…
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Hibernating astronauts would need smaller spacecraft
If a sci-fi spaceship does not come with hyperdrive then it is usually fitted with hibernation…
Orion A in infrared
Image: Stars form within giant clouds of gas and dust that pervade galaxies like our own…
Driving test for Luca Parmitano on robotic geology science
Today ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will take control of a robot in the Netherlands while orbiting…
French earthquake fault mapped
This week, southeast France was hit by a magnitude 5 earthquake with tremors felt between Lyon…
Replay of first #SpacewalkForAMS
Video: 07:00:52 On Friday 15 November, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA’s Andrew Morgan exited the…
Sea-level monitoring satellite on show
Media representatives and mission partners gathered today in Germany to see a new satellite, which will…
A rival to the Milky Way
The Universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of…
Earth from Space: Lake Tai
Video: 00:02:45 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission…
Lake Tai, China
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Lake Tai, the third largest freshwater lake in…