Observations reveal that a particular supernova produced a cloud that contains enough dust to make 7,000 Earths.

The observed outburst reveals a sudden accumulation of gas and dust.

A sudden eruption around an exceptionally young star surprises astronomers.

Operators of NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover have reformatted the rover’s onboard flash memory so the team can resume storing data overnight on the rover.

The team in charge of NASA’s Kepler mission will receive the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s highest group honor at a ceremony in Washington on March 25.

Scientists are making advances in the use of satellite radar data – such as those from the Sentinel-1 mission – to monitor Earth’s changing surface.

Sentinel-1A shows that the ground is rising by 0.5 cm per month in Italy’s Phlegraean Fields – or Campi Flegrei – near Naples

Space Science Image of the Week: Some galaxies take on more familiar forms than others, as shown in this aquatic-themed Hubble image of merging galaxy pair Arp 142

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory are studying nova GK Persei to provide clues to the dynamics of much larger stellar explosions.

The star, which astronomers saw appear in the sky in 1670, was not a nova, but a spectacular collision between two stars, more brilliant than a nova, but less so than a supernova.

One of humanity’s oldest technologies, the humble fishing net, may yet find a new role in space: bringing down dead satellites. 

As today’s partial solar eclipse crossed Europe, it was also visible from space. ESA’s Proba-2 captured a near-total eclipse from orbit, at the same time as its sister minisatellite Proba-V peered down to snap the shadow of the eclipse on Earth.

Our week through the lens: 16-20 March 2015

Image and video gallery of the solar eclipse as seen by astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA’s Proba-2 minisatelite and ESA sites around Europe

New Horizons’ flyby past Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, will transform them from poorly seen hazy bodies to tangible worlds with distinct features.

The instrument has just begun to scour the sky for messages from other worlds.

Satellite observations provide a new and more accurate way to assess where underground water in northern Italy is most at risk from pollutants.

This week’s spectacular glowing auroras in the night sky further south than usual highlighted the effect that ‘space weather’ can have on Earth.

A strong solar flare was detected on the Sun last Sunday, an event generally associated with …

Join us Friday, 20 March, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features the Mongolian capital, Ulan Bator

Technology image of the week: Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, on screen, meets ESA’s telerobotic arm during BBC Stargazing Live rehearsal

The MESSENGER team initiated the “hover” observation campaign, which was designed to gather data from the planet at ultra-low altitudes until the last possible moment.

A team of astronomers and geologists have produced a new map of the Moon’s most unusual volcano showing that its explosive eruption spread debris over an area much greater than previously thought.

The ADAPT test system can help a spacecraft divert its course and make a smooth, pinpoint landing. Two technology demonstration test flights were completed in California in 2014.

ESA’s Redu Centre was honoured with a visit from His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium on Tuesday 17 March

ESA’s Redu Centre was honoured with a visit from His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium on Tuesday 17 March

For participants in the Mars imaging campaign: how to command a camera orbiting the Red Planet. Join our live #ESAHangout, 13:30 GMT / 14:30 CET, 19 March

For participants in the Mars imaging campaign: how to command a camera orbiting the Red Planet. Join our live #ESAHangout, 13:30 GMT / 14:30 CET, 19 March

On 18 March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform a spacewalk. Celebrate 50 years of spacewalks with this multimedia gallery

On 18 March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform a spacewalk. Celebrate 50 years of spacewalks with this multimedia gallery

Instead of core formation occurring by iron sinking down to the growing Earth’s core in large blobs, that iron was vaporized, spread out in a plume over the surface of Earth and rained out as small droplets.

Although the source and composition of the dust are unknown, there is no hazard to MAVEN and other spacecraft orbiting Mars.

The seventh and eighth Galileo satellites, set for launch together in nine days’ time, have been fitted together onto the dispenser that will carry them during their flight to orbit.

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Celebrating 12 years at New Norcia

This database gives us the first glimpse at what diverse worlds out there could look like.

This database gives us the first glimpse at what diverse worlds out there could look like.

Researchers have discovered two seafloor troughs that could allow warm ocean water to reach the base of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica’s largest and most rapidly thinning glacier.

Three teams of students from Southern California won the Los Angeles regional FIRST Robotics Competition.

Space Science Image of the Week: Aerial acrobatics in the Sun’s corona captured by ESA’s Proba-2

Analysis of images taken of our solar system’s main belt asteroids between Mars and Jupiter using a new algorithm showed a 15 percent increase in positive identification of new asteroids.

The chemical variability revealed will provide critical constraints on future efforts to model and understand Mercury’s bulk composition and the ancient geological processes that shaped the planet’s mantle and crust

Those who feel as though they’ve been living in the never-ending winter of the movie “Frozen” this year, this could be welcome news.

Our week through the lens: 9-13 March 2015

The Hapi region is located between 67P’s two lobes and has in the past months proven to be particularly active and the source of spectacular jets of dust and gas.

The subterranean ocean on Ganymede is thought to have more water than all the water on Earth’s surface.

The sixth Galileo satellite of Europe’s navigation system has now entered its corrected target orbit, which will allow detailed testing to assess the performance of its navigation payload.

On Friday morning, 20 March, Europe will experience a partial solar eclipse. Only a partial solar eclipse will be visible from continental Europe, but the Agency’s Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite, up in its 820 km-altitude orbit, will see two periods of near-total eclipse for a few dozen seconds.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its robotic arm Wednesday, March 11, to sieve and deliver a rock-powder sample to an onboard instrument.

The world celebrates the number pi on Pi Day: March 14, 2015 (3/14/15). Here’s how pi is used in science and engineering.

Join us Friday, 13 March, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features the Sete Cidades Massif on the Azores island of São Miguel

Human spaceflight image of the week: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen inspects the Eurobot rover that he will command from space during his ‘iriss’ mission in September

The implications of such activity on a world other than our planet open up unprecedented scientific possibilities.

The magnitude of the chaos can range widely, from planets whose orbits remain largely circular to those whose orbits get so elongated that a planet could slam into its host star.

On the boundary between the heavily cratered southern highlands and the smooth northern lowlands of Mars is an area rich in features sculpted by water and ice.

The hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus could be home to present-day hydrothermal activity, according to two new studies by scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission.

Tiny grains of rock detected by the international Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn point to hydrothermal activity on the seafloor of its icy moon Enceladus.

Our Universe is the canvas as iconic Space Invader mosaics link the International Space Station and ESA establishments

Technology image of the week: the optical bench serving what will be ESA’s stillest space mission, LISA Pathfinder

This beautiful new image is the most detailed view of the southern constellation Ara.

The exact source of this high-energy light is uncertain at this point, but it just might be a signal of dark matter lurking at the galaxy’s center.

Space centres seen through the eyes of photographer Edgar Martins thanks to a partnership with ESA

The findings from newly released imaging data may help unravel the mysteries behind dark matter.

A new “true color” radio image of Abell 2256 suggests that previously unexpected physical processes are at work in galaxy cluster encounters.

NASA’s new satellite mission to map the water in the soil under our feet has successfully tested its science instruments for the first time.

Rosetta looks on as Philae tackles landing on a comet…

Air was pumped out of the International Space Station’s air lock for the first time in the name of science last week. Inside the cylindrical Quest airlock, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA’s Terry Virts monitored their breathing for researchers back on Earth.

All the elements for this month’s Galileo launch are coming together at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. As the two satellites undergo final testing and preparations, the first part of their Soyuz launcher has also been integrated.