Watch Live: Solar Orbiter Launch From Cape Canaveral
Update: If you missed the live coverage, watch the Solar Orbiter Liftoff Video. Note: ESA is also offering live coverage of the Solar Orbiter launch….
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“Beyond” Record-Breaking Spacewalker Returns From Orbit
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returned to Earth today alongside NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, marking the end of his second six-month…
Flevoland, Netherlands From Space: One of the Largest Land Reclamation Projects in the World
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Dutch province of Flevoland – the newest province in the Netherlands and one of the…
Watch Atlas V Rocket Launch Solar Orbiter Into Space Live
Update: If you missed the live coverage, watch the Solar Orbiter Liftoff Video. Note: NASA is also offering live coverage of the Solar Orbiter launch….
Nature’s Grand Design – Hubble Spots a Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
This eye-catching galaxy is known as NGC 5364. Unmistakably a spiral, NGC 5364 is also something known as a grand design spiral galaxy — a…
Solar Orbiter Will Encounter Intense Heat and Radiation – Here’s How It’s Protected
When Solar Orbiter launches on its journey to the Sun, there’s one key piece of engineering making this ESA-NASA mission possible: the heat shield. Seeking…
CryoSat Discovers Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier’s Ice Loss Pattern Is Evolving
Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. However, the…
Mining the Moon: Preparing a Lunar Drill and Sample Analysis Package
The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and sample analysis package, and the teams behind it are…
Earth From Space: Lake George, Uganda – A Center for Biological Diversity [Video]
World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International…
Cosmic Fireball Lights Up the Entire Coast Near Seaside Town – Here’s What Happened
On January 21, 2020, a foreign body crashed to Earth causing a cascade of bright light to trail through the sky. The fleeting flash was…
Bars and Baby Stars in This Pinwheeling Spiral Galaxy Spotted by Hubble
The galaxy depicted in this Hubble Picture of the Week is a barred spiral known as NGC 7541, seen here as viewed by the NASA/ESA…
Taal Volcano in the Philippines Erupted – See the Incredible Satellite View
The Philippines’ Taal volcano erupted on January 12, 2020 – spewing an ash plume approximately 15 km (9 mi) high and forcing large-scale evacuations in…
Deforestation in Bolivia Spied From Space Satellite
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for…
Presenting the Sun in 2019 in 365 Satellite Images
Presenting the changing activity of our Sun as seen by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite in 2019. The satellite is continuously monitoring the Sun – one image…
Black Hole Dynamic Behavior and Surroundings Mapped by XMM-Newton for the First Time
Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space – and now, for the first time, ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has used the…
Supermassive Influence Creates Peculiar Galaxy, Beautifully Streaked With Tendrils
This peculiar galaxy, beautifully streaked with tendrils of reddish dust, is captured here in wonderful detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is…
Earth From Space: Japanese Archipelago [Video]
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over the Japanese archipelago – a string of islands that extends about 3000 km into the western Pacific Ocean….
H0LiCOW! Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe’s Expansion That Adds to Troubling Discrepancy
New Hubble Measurement Strengthens Discrepancy in Universe’s Expansion Rate People use the phrase “Holy Cow” to express excitement. Playing with that phrase, researchers from an…