With tomorrow’s Earth Day focusing on environmental and climate literacy, have a look at the new digital book on our planet’s changing climate through the eyes of satellites

With tomorrow’s Earth Day focusing on environmental and climate literacy, have a look at the new digital book on our planet’s changing climate through the eyes of satellites

Our week through the lens: 17-21 April 2017

Our week through the lens: 17-21 April 2017

With more than 750 000 pieces of dangerous debris now orbiting Earth, the urgent need for coordinated international action to ensure the long-term sustainability of spaceflight is a major finding from Europe’s largest-ever conference on space debris.

With more than 750 000 pieces of dangerous debris now orbiting Earth, the urgent need for coordinated international action to ensure the long-term sustainability of spaceflight is a major finding from Europe’s largest-ever conference on space debris.

This unique find offers insight into the expanding universe

NASA released Cassini’s final image of Earth.

The 1991 proposal could have shaped our understanding of the outer solar system altogether.

Thanks to social media and the power of citizen scientists chasing the northern lights, a new feature was discovered recently. Nobody knew what this strange ribbon of purple light was, so … it was called Steve.

Thanks to social media and the power of citizen scientists chasing the northern lights, a new feature was discovered recently. Nobody knew what this strange ribbon of purple light was, so … it was called Steve.

Earth observation image of the week: Australia’s salty Lake MacKay imaged by Sentinel-2, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

JPL tests a portable chemistry lab designed for potential use on other planets.

A new image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn.

A new image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows planet Earth as a point of light between the icy rings of Saturn.

JPL tests a portable chemistry lab designed for potential use on other planets.

Radar mission Sentinel-1 continues to monitor the growing crack in Antarctica’s Larsen-C ice shelf, which is expected to produce a massive iceberg

Radar mission Sentinel-1 continues to monitor the growing crack in Antarctica’s Larsen-C ice shelf, which is expected to produce a massive iceberg

Operations image of the week: Space debris researcher Don Kessler first described the run-away cascade effect that has made his name famous

Join us Friday, 21 April, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

Media briefing: findings and outcomes from ESA’s space debris conference on Friday

Replay of media briefing: findings and outcomes from ESA’s space debris conference 21 April

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Tim Peake checks his lung health

The space telescope’s extraordinary vision has revealed star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in detail no one could have imagined.

Breakthrough Listen is checking in on its initial results. You know, just in case.

Technology image of the week: the vivid blue of a mountain reservoir imaged by Proba-1, ESA’s oldest operational Earth-observing satellite

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of Saturn’s haze-enshrouded moon Titan this weekend.

NASA’s senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is departing “Cape Tribulation,” a crater-rim segment it has explored since late 2014, and is heading for “Perseverance Valley.”

As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues exploring Ceres, evidence mounts that the enigmatic dwarf planet retains a significant amount of water ice.

NASA’s senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is departing “Cape Tribulation,” a crater-rim segment it has explored since late 2014, and is heading for “Perseverance Valley.”

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of Saturn’s haze-enshrouded moon Titan this weekend.

As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues exploring Ceres, evidence mounts that the enigmatic dwarf planet retains a significant amount of water ice.

By combining thousands of observations, astronomers can better examine the massive hydrogen halo that surrounds our galaxy.

Can red dwarf planets hold on to their atmospheres long enough to survive the first few billion years.

This galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole with a pulse of 5 to 10 million years.

This weekend’s meteor shower promises to be a good one.

NASA data show that snowpack in the Tuolumne River Basin in California’s Sierra Nevada is larger than the last four years of snowpack combined.

NASA data show that snowpack in the Tuolumne River Basin in California’s Sierra Nevada is larger than the last four years of snowpack combined.

3-D printing is inspiring new materials at JPL.

3-D printing is inspiring new materials at JPL.

Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained early Tuesday morning, with NASA’s 70-meter antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California.

Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained early Tuesday morning, with NASA’s 70-meter antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California.

A voyage from outer space to our home planet highlights the challenges of space debris and how mitigation and removal measures are urgently required

A voyage from outer space to our home planet highlights the challenges of space debris and how mitigation and removal measures are urgently required

Thanks to ESA, aircraft are using satcoms to share realtime information with other aircraft and ground stations to improve flight operations.

Thanks to ESA, aircraft are using satcoms to share realtime information with other aircraft and ground stations to improve flight operations.

Voyager data indicated an exciting, dynamic, strange world. New research brings it back into the spotlight.

These three types of landslides give more information about Ceres’ composition.

Science Image of the Week: The James Webb Space Telescope undergoing a special inspection in the dark

A new study suggests that hydroxyl radicals may be behind an unexplained recent increase in Earth’s atmospheric methane levels.

A new study suggests that hydroxyl radicals may be behind an unexplained recent increase in Earth’s atmospheric methane levels.

Join former astronaut Chris Hadfield and his astronomical hitchhikers on this unique journey to the planets.

Watch Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft take live in a new realistic way.

Our week through the lens: 10-14 April 2017

Our week through the lens: 10-14 April 2017

Our solar system has four planets with rings — what about other solar systems?

Two NASA missions provide new details about icy, ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn, further heightening scientific interest of these and other “ocean worlds” in our solar system and beyond.

Two NASA missions provide new details about icy, ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn, further heightening scientific interest of these and other “ocean worlds” in our solar system and beyond.

Saturn’s small moon Atlas looks smooth in early, unprocessed views from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which made its closest-ever pass on April 12.

Saturn’s small moon Atlas looks smooth in early, unprocessed views from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which made its closest-ever pass on April 12.

Operations image of the week: ESA’s telescope on Tenerife is one of the world’s top-ranked instruments used for debris research

Join us Friday, 14 April, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

Where there’s heat and water on Earth, there’s life.

Now you don’t have to — Gaia has the answer.

Watch the opening address from the European Conference on Space Debris live on 18 April

Watch the opening address from the European Conference on Space Debris live on 18 April

With around 90% of world trade carried by ships, making sure a vessel follows the fastest route has clear economic benefits. By merging measurements from different satellites, ESA is providing key information on ocean currents, which is no…

With around 90% of world trade carried by ships, making sure a vessel follows the fastest route has clear economic benefits. By merging measurements from different satellites, ESA is providing key information on ocean currents, which is no…

A new study finds decades of overpumping groundwater in California’s Central Valley have irreversibly altered the aquifer and permanently reduced its ability to store water.

A new study explores potential climates of a planet orbiting two suns.

A new study explores potential climates of a planet orbiting two suns.

A new study finds decades of overpumping groundwater in California’s Central Valley have irreversibly altered the aquifer and permanently reduced its ability to store water.

Technology image of the week: Laser testing at ESA

Technology image of the week: Laser testing at ESA

It’s a weird, wet universe out there.

ALMA found some interesting information while investigating the very distant member of our solar system.

New artist’s views of the BepiColombo spacecraft that will be launched to Mercury in 2018

New artist’s views of the BepiColombo spacecraft that will be launched to Mercury in 2018

A new video highlights orbital debris and the measures needed to reduce risk and ensure safe access to space for everyone

A new video highlights orbital debris and the measures needed to reduce risk and ensure safe access to space for everyone

After two and a half years of being “awake,” the spacecraft is finally getting a break.

NASA will discuss new results about ocean worlds in our solar system from the agency’s Cassini spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope during a news briefing on Thursday, April 13.

Solar storms can vacuum electrical charge from upper-atmosphere regions above the Arctic and create regions of excess charge.

Solar storms can vacuum electrical charge from upper-atmosphere regions above the Arctic and create regions of excess charge.

NASA will discuss new results about ocean worlds in our solar system from the agency’s Cassini spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope during a news briefing on Thursday, April 13.

Space Science Image of the Week: This colourful Easter egg-like wrapping traces the pattern of Gaia’s all-sky scanning

Space Science Image of the Week: This colourful Easter egg-like wrapping traces the pattern of Gaia’s all-sky scanning

The seventh planet puts on quite a light show.

Grab your telescopes and watch for the close approach.

JPL provided five of the 22 concepts selected by NASA for further study.

JPL provided five of the 22 concepts selected by NASA for further study.

Our week through the lens: 3-7 April 2017

Our week through the lens: 3-7 April 2017

This multi-wavelength image of the massive planet will help fuel atmospheric research — plus, it’s just gorgeous!

Within 48 hours of launching, Exoplanet Explorers is already making headlines.

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image over the region of Vojvodina in Serbia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

Solar particles free water molecules from the surface of Ceres, allowing them to escape and create a tenuous atmosphere, according to a new study.

Solar particles free water molecules from the surface of Ceres, allowing them to escape and create a tenuous atmosphere, according to a new study.

NASA invites people worldwide to help us celebrate Earth Day by “adopting” a piece of Earth as seen from space.

A fairly large asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will safely pass about 1.1 million miles from Earth on April 19. That’s about 4.6 times the Earth-moon distance.