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NASA’s Terra Satellite Captures 2015 Eclipse Shadow

During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was visible from parts of Europe, and a partial solar eclipse from northern Africa and northern Asia. NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Arctic Ocean on March 20 at 10:45 UTC (6:45 a.m. EDT) and captured the eclipse’s shadow over the clouds in the […]

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ESA and NASA deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting

Global warming is driving the rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to global sea level rise and disrupting weather patterns worldwide. Because of this, precise measurements of its changing shape are of critical importance for adapting to climate change. Now, scientists have delivered the first measurements of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s changing shape […]

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ESA 2025: A fifty-years legacy of building the future

Video: 00:10:27 In 1975, 10 European countries came together with a vision to collaborate on key space activities: science and astronomy, launch capabilities and space applications: the European Space Agency, ESA, was born. In 2025, we mark half a century of joint European achievement – filled with firsts and breakthroughs in science, exploration and technology, […]

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Earth from Space: Star cities

Image: With the festive season approaching, even Earth-observing satellites are getting into the spirit, capturing a stunning compilation of European cities that resemble stars. To source

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Gateway: Wired for Deep Space

A maze of cables and sensors snakes through a major piece of Gateway, humanity’s first space station around the Moon, during a key testing phase earlier this year to ensure the lunar-orbiting science lab can withstand the harsh conditions of deep space. To source

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Cosmic jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of M78

Video: 00:01:22 An ethereal dance of misty clouds of interstellar dust with a myriad of distant stars and galaxies speckled like paint drops over a black canvas. This is a sonification of a breathtaking image  taken by ESA’s Euclid space telescope of the young star-forming region Messier 78.  The sonification offers a different representation of […]

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Chandra and Webb Spy a Cosmic Wreath

NGC 602 is a star cluster that lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way. This image combines X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). To source

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