Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, presents to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and to Charles Bolden,…
Antarctica’s ice loss
Three years of measurements from CryoSat show that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is now losing 159…
Hubble sees aurora on Saturn
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured new images of the dancing auroral lights…
SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Returns Critical NASA Science from Space Station
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 3:05 p.m. EDT Sunday, in the Pacific Ocean, approximately…
NASA Awards Radiation Budget Instrument Contract
NASA has awarded ITT Space Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Exelis, Inc., of Fort Wayne, Indiana,…
Hubble Sees Starbursts in the Wake of a Fleeting Romance
This image from NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 4485 in the constellation of Canes…
NASA Announces Global Award Winners of the 2014 International Space Apps Challenge
NASA mission priorities were explored by five winners of the 2014 International Space Apps Challenge, a…
ESA’s new X-ray optics for observing the hot Universe
A new idea to use super-polished silicon wafers as the heart of a telescope is set…
Silicon stepping stones
They might not look it, but these stacks of polished silicon wafers are parts of a…
Mount Huascarán, Peru
The snow-capped mountains running through the centre of this satellite image are part of the Cordillera…