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Our week through the lens: 16-20 November 2015 To source

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Merida, Spain, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

ESA plans to track the health of the world’s vegetation by detecting and measuring the faint glow that plants give off as they convert sunlight and the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide into energy. To source

Vast volumes of water once flooded through this deep chasm on Mars that connects the ‘Grand Canyon’ of the Solar System – Valles Marineris – to the planet’s northern lowlands. To source

Technology image of the week: materials specialist Tommaso Ghidini showing unearthly-looking 3D-printed part at TEDxESA To source

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA’s operations managers are team leaders, motivating people and managing complex systems and situations on the cutting edge of human exploration To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Galaxy Hercules A reveals its spectacular jets To source

A message from our Director General, Jan Woerner To source

LISA Pathfinder, launching 2 December, will pave the way for future missions by testing the technology for gravitational wave detection To source

Our week through the lens: 9-13 November 2015 To source

One of Greenland’s glaciers is losing five billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean, according to researchers. While these new findings may be disturbing, they are reinforced by a concerted effort to map changes in ice sheets with different sensors from space agencies around the world. To source

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A false-colour image of Qingdao and surroundings, in China, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Join us Friday, 13 November, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-2A image of Qingdao and surroundings, in China To source