Discovery of new planet similar to Earth

An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet more similar to Earth than any found…

Predicting the weather on Titan

Using recent Cassini, Huygens and Earth-based observations, scientists have been able to create a computer model…

Afghanistan from Space

Winter snow blankets the heights of the Pamir Mountains and the Hindu Kush in this Envisat…

XMM-Newton scores 1000

XMM-Newton, ESA’s X-ray observatory, continues its quest for the unknown. This month, after five years of…

Spacecraft, heal thyself

Building spacecraft is a tough job. They are precision pieces of engineering that have to survive…

Space Propulsion Breakthrough

The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of…

Butterfly Impact Crater

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

Japans ALOS in orbit

ALOS, Japan’s latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on…

Juventae Chasma Mars

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…

Pollution hunting in the light and shadows

Since March 2002, SCIAMACHY has been chasing our planet’s pollution. The latest edition of the EuroNews…