Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-1 takes us over the narrow strait that separates Europe and Asia To source
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Earth from Space
In this edition, we take a look at the narrow strait that connects eastern Europe to western Asia: the Bosphorus in northwest Turkey To source
Dark dust devil tracks on Mars
The winds of Mars are responsible for myriad features across the planet’s surface – including the dark dunes and wispy, filament-like streaks seen in this image from ESA’s Mars Express. To source
ESA and NASA to team up on lunar science
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Tortoise islands
Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite images the Galápagos island chain, inspiration for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution To source
Receding waters
While people in Mozambique face the mammoth task of cleaning up after Cyclone Idai, the blue-purple in this image shows where floodwater is retreating To source
In a spin
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: new bedrest study tests impact of artificial gravity To source
Back to the water
In the absolute darkness of caves, rare creatures have returned to living in water to survive. Astronauts looking for life in the underworld during the CAVES training courses discovered a new species of crustaceans that have completed an evolutionary full circle – from water to land, and back to water again. To source
Mars calling
An exciting new competition is giving citizens of planet Earth the opportunity to get their voices to Mars in the next phase of the ExoMars programme. The ExoMars rover and platform will launch to the Red Planet in 2020. To source
A place in the Sun
Space Science Image of the Week: From its vantage point in space, the SOHO solar observatory keeps an eye on our parent star To source
Week in images
Our week through the lens: 18 – 22 March 2019 To source
Water in space
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Satellites key to addressing water scarcity
Today is World Water Day, but with millions of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe struggling to cope in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, the notion of water shortages may not be at the forefront of our minds right now. Even so, floods, like we see here, lead to real problems accessing clean water. Whether […]