Earth observation image of the week: marking World Water Day, these images show the receding waters of Lake Chad To source
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Earth from Space
For World Water Day, we take a look at Lake Chad at the southern edge of the Sahara, where water supplies are dwindling To source
Margaret W. ‘Hap’ Brennecke: Trailblazer
Margaret W. ‘Hap’ Brennecke was the first female welding engineer to work in the Materials and Processes Laboratory at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. To source
Water for life
UN SDG6 targets ‘Water for all by 2030’. For World Water Day we take a look at ways that space can help this global challenge. To source
Bangkok’s green lung
On the International Day of Forests, we bring you this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Bangkok and its oasis of green, Bang Kachao To source
ExoMars landing platform arrives in Europe with a name
The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing – and been given a name. To source
Testing the value of artificial gravity for astronaut health
Test subjects in Cologne, Germany will take to their beds for 60 days from 25 March as part of a groundbreaking study, funded by European Space Agency ESA and US space agency NASA, into how artificial gravity could help astronauts stay healthy in space. To source
Land-cover dynamics unveiled
Billions of image pixels recorded by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission have been used to generate a high-resolution map of land-cover dynamics across Earth’s landmasses. This map also depicts the month of the peak of vegetation and gives new insight into land productivity. To source
Giant ‘chimneys’ vent X-rays from Milky Way’s core
By surveying the centre of our Galaxy, ESA’s XMM-Newton has discovered two colossal ‘chimneys’ funneling material from the vicinity of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole into two huge cosmic bubbles. To source
Grande oil spill
Copernicus Sentinel-1 has imaged the oil spill from the Grande America ship that sank in the Atlantic, 300 km off the coast of France To source
Waxing Gibbous Moon Above Earth's Limb
The waxing gibbous moon is pictured above Earth’s limb as the International Space Station was orbiting 266 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean. To source
Jupiter arm out
Technology image of the week: Extending a 10.5-m long magnetometer boom held up by balloons for ESA’s Jupiter mission at the Agency’s Netherlands-based Test Centre To source
Copernicus Sentinel-1 maps floods in wake of Idai
As millions of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe struggle to cope with the aftermath of what could be the southern hemisphere’s worst storm, Copernicus Sentinel-1 is one of the satellite missions being used to map flooded areas to help relief efforts. To source