News articles associated with
'European Space Agency'
Venus Express finds planetary atmospheres such a drag
— 8 Oct 2010 14:18 | AstronomyThe polar atmosphere of Venus is thinner than expected. How do we know? Because ESA's Venus Express has actually been there. Instead of looking from orbit, Venus Express has flown through…
Breaking waves in the stellar lagoon
— 22 Sep 2010 17:48 | AstronomyThe Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dramatic view of gas and dust sculpted by intense radiation from hot young stars deep in…
GOCE gravity mission back in action
— 7 Sep 2010 12:03 | EnvironmentESA's GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected,…
Cluster turns the invisible into the visible
— 3 Sep 2010 10:52 | AstronomyCluster has spent a decade revealing previously hidden interactions between the Sun and Earth. Its studies have uncovered secrets of aurora, solar storms, and given us insight into…
Mars's mysterious elongated crater
— 28 Aug 2010 10:04 | AstronomyOrcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons, its…
NGC 4696: A cosmic question mark
— 13 Aug 2010 07:18 | AstronomyThis picture, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, is not just a beautiful snapshot of NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster (galaxy cluster Abell 3526). It…
Cluster's decade of discovery
— 17 Jul 2010 13:23 | AstronomyESA's pioneering Cluster mission is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During the past decade, Cluster's four satellites have provided extraordinary insights into the largely invisible…
Hubble snaps sharp image of cosmic concoction
— 14 Jul 2010 11:28 | AstronomyStrangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colourful background of glowing gas in this newly released Hubble image. The star-forming region…
Planck unveils the Universe - now and then
— 5 Jul 2010 14:08 | AstronomyESA's Planck mission has delivered its first all-sky image. It not only provides new insight into the way stars and galaxies form but also tells us how the Universe itself came to life…
CryoSat-2 exceeding expectations
— 2 Jul 2010 10:20 | EnvironmentToday, participants at the Living Planet Symposium have been hearing about ESA's most recently launched mission, CryoSat-2. In orbit for almost three months, the satellite is in excellent…