In 2008, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting…
India has reached the Moon! Its Chandrayaan-1 (“Lunar Craft” 1) was captured by the Moon’s gravity on 8…
In 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars. They were named…
The first images of Asteroid Steins taken by Rosetta’s instruments were derived from raw data and have delivered…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft is on its way to a rendezvous with a comet in 2014. During its 10-year…
With only a few weeks to go before the start of the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have been…
Since beginning operations in 1996, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has spent its time staring non-stop at the enormous,…
ESA’s four Cluster spacecraft have found that Earth and other planets have a way of shouting “I’m here!”…
Did you know that your weight is slightly different, depending on where you live? This is because the…
With data recorded on board Mars Express, you can hear Phoenix descend on to the surface of the…
ESA completed a key step in its ongoing support to NASA’s Phoenix mission, when signals from the Phoenix…
Europeans are now making regular flights to the International Space Station. By 2020, they may be setting foot…
Superman may have been able to see through walls with his X-ray vision, but European scientists have developed…
Would you like instant access to information on the buildings and scenery you see on your travels? A…
A new global portrait taken from space details Earth’s land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA,…
Imagine a planet with two drains, one in the north and the other in the south. Each drain…
After a mission lasting 12 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes and 55 seconds, Atlantis is back on Earth.
Columbus laboratory installed on the International Space Station.
After an unexpected delay due to a faulty fuel sensor on the US Space Shuttle, ESA’s Columbus laboratory…
