NASA’s Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter today.

The giant planet Jupiter could hold the secret to the formation of the solar system, of Earth itself, and of a billion or more “Jupiters” orbiting distant stars.

The giant planet Jupiter could hold the secret to the formation of the solar system, of Earth itself, and of a billion or more “Jupiters” orbiting distant stars.

The Sentinel-1A satellite has given us a picture of the ground deformation caused by the 24 August earthquake in Italy

Our week through the lens: 22-26 August 2016

Sentinel-2A captured the progress of Turkey’s Third Bosphorus Bridge, which opens today

Dragonfly 44 glows only faintly with starlight — but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes.

This Saturday, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its prime mission.

Celebrating the spacecraft’s ability to push the boundaries of space science and technology, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope team has dubbed the next phase of its journey “Beyond.”

In honor of the U.S. National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, new 3-D images from NASA’s MISR instrument showcase some of our nation’s natural treasures.

Celebrating the spacecraft’s ability to push the boundaries of space science and technology, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope team has dubbed the next phase of its journey “Beyond.”

In honor of the U.S. National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, new 3-D images from NASA’s MISR instrument showcase some of our nation’s natural treasures.

This Saturday, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its prime mission.

Because a plant isn’t green doesn’t mean it can’t photosynthesise as well as its more usual counterpart, but when measured by satellites, these non-green varieties skew results on plant health. FLEX is different. Experiments using ‘mutants’ show that colour won’t be an obstacle in this new mission’s task of mapping plant health from space.

In unprecedented observations made earlier this year, Rosetta unexpectedly captured a dramatic comet outburst that may have been triggered by a landslide.

ESA’s Soundcloud channel is now official: hear the latest sounds from mission control, the launch pad and deep space, including #SingingComet and the ISS warning alarm, a tone astronauts hope never to hear for real

Brown dwarfs, red dwarfs, ultracool stars … what’s the difference?

O-type stars live fast and die young, but their formative years look fairly familiar.

An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered two telecom satellites, Intelsat-33e and Intelsat-36, into their planned orbits.

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn 35 years ago. The Cassini mission has followed up on many of Voyager’s discoveries.

Astronomers studying distant galaxies powered by monster black holes have uncovered an unexpected link between two very different wavelengths of the light they emit, the mid-infrared and gamma rays.

A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable.

A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable.

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn 35 years ago. The Cassini mission has followed up on many of Voyager’s discoveries.

Astronomers studying distant galaxies powered by monster black holes have uncovered an unexpected link between two very different wavelengths of the light they emit, the mid-infrared and gamma rays.

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Technology image of the week: astronaut Andreas Mogensen combines VR with an air-bearing platform to simulate weightlessness in 2D

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: assembling Orion service module in Bremen, Germany

Our nearest neighbor could be nearly perfect for the search for life on other planets.

JPL explores five new ideas for space exploration, including robotic mirrors and an art-inspired automaton.

Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that have become one of the hottest topics in interplanetary research don’t hold much water, according to new findings from a NASA Mars orbiter.

Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that have become one of the hottest topics in interplanetary research don’t hold much water, according to new findings from a NASA Mars orbiter.

JPL explores five new ideas for space exploration, including robotic mirrors and an art-inspired automaton.

Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s Planck satellite mapped the magnetic field of our Milky Way galaxy, capturing an ethereal flame-filled scene at the Polaris Flare

Every 18 months or so, scientists and sensation-seekers gather at set points on Earth’s surface, to await awe-inspiring solar eclipses. The Moon briefly blocks the Sun, revealing its mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona. Though what if researchers could induce such eclipses at will?

Eroded mesas and buttes reminiscent of the U.S. Southwest shape part of the horizon in the latest 360-degree color panorama from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover.

Eroded mesas and buttes reminiscent of the U.S. Southwest shape part of the horizon in the latest 360-degree color panorama from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover.

Our week through the lens: 15-19 August 2016

Planets, Pallas, and the Big Dipper will all make wonderful viewing this week.

Operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space tracking station in Australia makes the longest-ever ‘catch’ for the Agency

An ESA tracking station has acquired signals from the international Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, across more than 1.4 billion km of space.

Polish astronomers saw a dormant beast go nova in a spectacular sky show.

NASA’s MISR instrument captured an image of the growing, destructive wildfire burning about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.

NASA’s MISR instrument captured an image of the growing, destructive wildfire burning about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.

Technology image of the week: ESA’s largest establishment will be opening its doors to the public for its annual Open Day on Sunday 2 October

The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger missions by being docked together in orbit.

Video showcase of ESA’s fleet of space science missions and how they are helping us to understand our place in the Universe

Ultra-compact, hard-to-spot stellar objects can’t account for the missing matter of the universe.

A NASA press release recently suggested Mars’ gullies were formed solely by carbon dioxide. The truth is much murkier.

A NASA-led team has analyzed a “hot spot” of methane emissions in the U.S. Four Corners region, quantifying both its overall magnitude and the magnitudes of its sources.

NASA has approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission’s robotic segment

A NASA-led team has analyzed a “hot spot” of methane emissions in the U.S. Four Corners region, quantifying both its overall magnitude and the magnitudes of its sources.

NASA has approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission’s robotic segment

A NASA-led team has analyzed a “hot spot” of methane emissions in the U.S. Four Corners region, quantifying both its overall magnitude and the magnitudes of its sources.

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There’s no cloud cover when your hundreds of miles above the clouds.

Katherine Johnson was a guiding force behind Project Mercury. Now, a new movie wants to highlight the African-American woman’s forgotten history.

For the first time, particles were detected escaping an artificially-created black hole, including evidence of Hawking radiation.

Space Science Image of the Week: Hubble has spied countless stunning cosmic objects, but few as dramatic as the star Hen 2-247 and its fiery nebula M1-67

NASA’s Kepler space telescope has helped amass the most complete catalog of rotation periods for stars in a cluster.

NASA’s Kepler space telescope has helped amass the most complete catalog of rotation periods for stars in a cluster

Our week through the lens: 8-12 August 2016

It’s not Niku itself that’s weird. It’s how and where it orbits.

Mars isn’t the only planet that may have once held life.

JPL research designed to keep first responders out of harm’s way receives award from the Department of Homeland Security.

JPL research designed to keep first responders out of harm’s way receives award from the Department of Homeland Security.

Schiaparelli, the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module of the joint ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission, will target the Meridiani Planum region for its October landing, as seen in this mosaic created from Mars Express images.