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
JAXA Astronaut Noguchi’s Next ISS Mission Logo Last Updated: January 10, 2019 Three rings around Earth represent “turning point” to the new era of space exploration, “challenge” for the next-generation spaceship as the first Japanese person, and “2020” which has important missions such as ISS long-duration mission of a Japanese astronaut, launch of Japanese new […]
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
This Hubble image is the most detailed view ever of the Triangulum Galaxy, a close neighbour of the Milky Way To source
When ESA’s planned Hera mission journeys to its target binary asteroid system, it will not be alone. The spacecraft will carry two tiny CubeSats for deployment around – and eventual landing on – the Didymos asteroids. Each companion spacecraft will be small enough to fit inside a briefcase, as compared to the desk-sized Hera. To […]
Space Science Image of the Week: The glowing remnants of stellar fireworks To source
Take a look at what’s coming up for the European Space Agency this year To source