ARCTIC SEA ICE STUDY

Contrary to historical observations, sea ice in the high Arctic undergoes very small, back and forth…

SATELLITES ACT AS THERMOMETERS IN SPACE

Like thermometers in space satellites are taking the temperature of the Earth’s surface or skin. According…

Western flank of Olympus Mons

These images from ESA’s Mars Express show the western flank of the shield volcano Olympus Mons…

MARTIAN DUST DEVILS

Scientists have found clues dust devils on Mars might have high-voltage electric fields, based on observations…

Worms in Space

Worms launched into Space on April 19. Studying the impact of space environment on the human…

SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-07

The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…

SATELLITES RECORD WEAKENING NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT

A North Atlantic Ocean circulation system weakened considerably in the late 1990s, compared to the 1970s…

COSMIC MAGNIFYING GLASS REVEALS PLANET

Like Sherlock Holmes holding a magnifying glass to unveil hidden clues, modern day astronomers used cosmic…

Satellite technology to climb Everest

A satellite-based Health Monitoring Kit developed by the Canadian company March Networks and co-funded by ESA,…

SEDNA MYSTERY DEEPENS WITH HUBBLE IMAGES OF FARTHEST PLANETOID

Astronomers studying 35 NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of the solar system’s farthest known object,…