The Martian ice cap is like a cake with every layer telling a story. In this case, the story is one of climate change on Mars. To source
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Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell
Image: Bendy, ultra-thin solar cell To source
Image of a Supermoon
A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closet (perigee) to Earth. To source
SpaceX's Dragon Launches to Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lifted off on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50 p.m. EST Friday, March 6. To source
Eye spy a foam
Image: Another fluid experiment joins long running research on foam stability on the International Space Station. The Foam-Coarsening experiment, developed by Airbus for ESA, is scheduled to be activated this month in the Fluid Science Laboratory in the European Columbus module. The foams come in self-contained cells, imaged above, and hold liquids that will be […]
Celebrating the Life of Katherine Johnson
A Celebration of Life service was held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 for NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson at the Hampton University Convocation Center. To source
Week in images: 2-6 March 2020
Week in images: 2-6 March 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source
Hubble Spies Galactic Traffic Jam
NGC 3887 is one of many galaxies in our universe with spiral arms, just like our own Milky Way. Until the 1960s, the behavior of spiral arms was an astronomical puzzle. The arms emanate from a spinning core and “should” therefore become wound up ever more tightly over time. Instead, they move more slowly, like […]
Burned area trends in the Amazon similar to previous years
Thousands of fires broke out in the Amazon last year – sparking an international media frenzy. A detailed analysis, using data from the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative, indicates that while there was a small increase of fires in 2019 compared to 2018, fires in Brazil were similar to the average annual number of […]
Earth from Space: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Video: 00:03:13 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. See also Canadian Arctic Archipelago to download the image. In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over part of the Canadian […]
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Image: Canadian Arctic Archipelago To source
Jupiter as Never Seen Before!
See Jupiter’s Great Red Spot as you’ve never seen it before in this work of art. To source
This is ESA available in Portuguese, Romanian and Swedish
This is ESA available in Portuguese, Romanian and Swedish To source