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Our week through the lens: 7 – 11 January 2019 To source

Earth observation image of the week: the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite takes us along the lower reaches of the brown, sediment-rich Uruguay River To source

In this week’s edition, we explore part of the Uruguay River and the Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay wetlands To source

ESA’s high-energy space telescopes Integral and XMM-Newton have helped to find a source of powerful X-rays at the centre of an unprecedentedly bright and rapidly evolving stellar explosion that suddenly appeared in the sky earlier this year. To source

While snow continues to cause chaos in Austria and Germany, the cold snap has also reached Turkey as shown in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image To source

Stunning scenes captured by Mars Express during its 15 years imaging the Red Planet To source

Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory have studied a black hole devouring a star and discovered an exceptionally bright and stable signal that allowed them to determine the black hole’s spin rate.    To source

Data captured by ESA’s galaxy-mapping spacecraft Gaia has revealed for the first time how white dwarfs, the dead remnants of stars like our Sun, turn into solid spheres as the hot gas inside them cools down. To source

Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite views efforts to stabilise a newly formed desert and salvage the shrinking Aral Sea To source

The last component of British-built chameleon satellite, Eutelsat Quantum, is getting ready to leave home for good. To source

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: A typical day for electrical thunderstorm observer To source