La vida en la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS) es bastante ajetreada en estos momentos para la tripulación: el astronauta de la ESA…
De vez en cuando, nuestra Vía Láctea se ilumina con una enorme explosión. Conocida como…
The first communications satellite was the Moon. US Army engineers bounced signals off the Moon in 1951. They…
La ausencia de gravedad hace que los astronautas crezcan varios centímetros durante una misión espacial. Esto se debe a que…
Have you ever thought about going on a voyage around the world? This is what ESA astronaut Thomas…
Saturn’s moon Titan is one of the largest and most fascinating satellites in the Solar System. Unfortunately, its…
The world’s heaviest communications satellite was placed into orbit on 11 August 2005 by Europe’s Ariane 5. The…
El siguiente paso importante en el programa europeo de vuelos espaciales tripulados comenzó el 4 de julio, cuando el transbordador espacial n.º 115…
A 400 km por encima de nuestras cabezas, a una velocidad de 7,7 km por segundo, se encuentra el objeto más grande que jamás se haya colocado en…
Most science fiction stories have aliens with two eyes, two arms and two legs. However, life can evolve…
The tallest astronaut to fly in space was American Jim Wetherbee, who was 1.93 m (6 feet 4…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to land on an alien world more than 1.2…
To celebrate Europe Day, ESA is offering you a chance to win a poster showing Europe as seen…
Scientists have known for decades about many huge lakes that hide beneath the frozen wastes of Antarctica. However,…
Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is about to receive its first European visitor. On 11 April,…
Flooding is more common and widespread than any other natural disaster. During the last decade, floods have affected…
Despite its name, Greenland is almost entirely covered by a huge sheet of ice. However, data from several…
Los aficionados a la radioafición y los estudiantes de todo el mundo se están preparando para sintonizar las señales procedentes de un…
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, so it is always fairly close to the Sun in…
Neptune was discovered in 1846 by Johann Galle, an astronomer at the Berlin Observatory. Galle knew where to…
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by 24 year-old Clyde Tombaugh, who was using a special machine to compare…
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun. It is not very easy to observe since it is…
Modern telescopes have revealed hundreds of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, in a region known as…
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1781. Uranus lies…
Beyond the asteroid belt is Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun. Everything about Jupiter is large. It…
All of the planets travel around the Sun in a counter-clockwise direction – as seen from above Earth’s…
The Solar System is made up of the Sun and all of the smaller objects that move around…
On 14 January 2005 ESA’s Huygens probe made an historic landing on the surface of Saturn’s giant satellite,…
The surface of Mars is now as dry as a desert, but new results from ESA’s Mars Express…
