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ESA’s Ailing Envisat Imaged by Another Earth Orbiting Satellite

[/caption] ESA’s mysteriously silent Envisat Earth observing satellite has been observed and imaged by another satellite in space. France’s space…

13 years ago

African Lake Has a Twin on Titan

[/caption] A large lake on Saturn's cloud-covered Titan seems very similar to the Etosha Pan, a salt-encrusted dry lakebed in…

13 years ago

JUICE to Jupiter Could Be ESA’s Next Major Science Mission

[/caption] The Science Programme Committee of the European Space Agency has recommended that the next major space mission for ESA…

13 years ago

Is This The Last Image From Envisat?

[/caption] The European Space Agency's venerable Envisat satellite may have sent back its final image, according to recent news from…

13 years ago

A Galaxy’s Bulge Divulges Its Spin

[/caption] Although somewhat blobby and deformed, this is in fact a spiral galaxy, located in the southern constellation Hydra. Imaged…

13 years ago

Will Russia Rescue ExoMars?

[/caption] After NASA was forced to back out the joint ExoMars mission with the European Space Agency due to budget…

13 years ago

Could There Be Life In Them Thar Pits?

[/caption] Recent images from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft reveal long rows of crater-like depressions lining the flanks of ancient Martian…

13 years ago

Hubble Gets Best Look Yet At Messier 9

[/caption] First discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, the globular cluster Messier 9 is a vast swarm of ancient stars…

13 years ago

20-Ton Cargo Freighter Arrives at Space Station

The heaviest cargo ship ever has arrived and docked to the International Space Station, laden with 7 tons of supplies…

13 years ago