World Water Day reminds us of the need to treat and reuse wastewater. Satellites like Sentinel-2 provide key information on water quality

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Testing virtual reality hardware for International Space Station experiments

JPL’s Deep Space Atomic Clock was recently joined to the spacecraft that will take it into Earth orbit.

A routine check of the aluminum wheels on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found two small breaks on the rover’s left middle wheel-the latest sign of wear and tear as the rover continues its journey, now approaching the 10-mile (16 kilome…

JPL’s Deep Space Atomic Clock was recently joined to the spacecraft that will take it into Earth orbit.

A routine check of the aluminum wheels on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found two small breaks on the rover’s left middle wheel-the latest sign of wear and tear as the rover continues its journey, now approaching the 10-mile (16 kilome…

Images from ESA Rosetta indicate that the surface of its target comet has had growing fractures, collapsing cliffs and massive rolling boulders.

Images from ESA Rosetta indicate that the surface of its target comet has had growing fractures, collapsing cliffs and massive rolling boulders.

Thanks to the Swarm satellite trio, the most detailed magnetic map yet from space of Earth’s rigid outer layer has been released

Rosetta scientists have made the first compelling link between an outburst of dust and gas and the collapse of a prominent cliff, which also exposed the pristine, icy interior of the comet.  

Rosetta scientists have made the first compelling link between an outburst of dust and gas and the collapse of a prominent cliff, which also exposed the pristine, icy interior of the comet.  

While the world marks the International Day of Forests, satellites continue to monitor the long-term effects of human activities on our planet’s precious resources

Redefining the world “planet” yet again could raise the number of planets in our solar system to over 100.

ESA’s Swarm satellites are seeing fine details in one of the most difficult layers of Earth’s magnetic field to unpick – as well as our planet’s magnetic history imprinted on Earth’s crust.

ESA’s Swarm satellites are seeing fine details in one of the most difficult layers of Earth’s magnetic field to unpick – as well as our planet’s magnetic history imprinted on Earth’s crust.

The two moons of Mars may be progeny of past rings and parents of future rings around the Red Planet, NASA-funded research at Purdue University suggests.

The two moons of Mars may be progeny of past rings and parents of future rings around the Red Planet, NASA-funded research at Purdue University suggests.

JPL’s PUFFER is a scout robot that can flatten itself to crawl into tight spaces.

JPL’s PUFFER is a scout robot that can flatten itself to crawl into tight spaces.

A giant Martian volcano ended its activity about 50 million years ago, which happened to be around the same time dinosaurs went extinct on Earth.

A giant Martian volcano ended its activity about 50 million years ago, which happened to be around the same time dinosaurs went extinct on Earth.

After the relative quiet of the long dark winter months, the Arctic will be a tad busier over the coming weeks as numerous researchers descend on this harsh, yet fragile environment. Their aim is not to disturb its beauty, but to join forc…

After the relative quiet of the long dark winter months, the Arctic will be a tad busier over the coming weeks as numerous researchers descend on this harsh, yet fragile environment. Their aim is not to disturb its beauty, but to join forc…

The notion of glitter might appear as somewhat frivolous, but scientists are using Sun glitter in images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission to map the motion of the sea surface.

And Phobos could become more rings in the future.

Space Science Image of the Week: Cassini reveals extraordinarily fine detail in one of Saturn’s rings

COBALT will help spacecraft avoid hazards and land closer to prime science targets.

COBALT will help spacecraft avoid hazards and land closer to prime science targets.

Our week through the lens: 13-17 March 2017

Follow the joint opening session for the Swarm and CryoSat Science Meetings live from Banff, Canada, on 20 March

Watch the replay of the opening session for the Swarm and CryoSat Science Meetings in Banff, Canada

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will make two more spacewalks under NASA’s plans to maintain the International Space Station during his mission.

Study ties fertilizers, animal waste, changes to atmospheric chemistry and climate change to increased ammonia over the United States, Europe, China and India.

Study ties fertilizers, animal waste, changes to atmospheric chemistry and climate change to increased ammonia over the United States, Europe, China and India.

Sentinel-2A has imaged today’s eruption from Mount Etna in Sicily, one of Europe’s most dangerous volcanoes

Some of the most wonderful pictures taken by astronauts from space are of aurora dancing over our planet. Now the photos are more than just pretty pictures thanks to an ESA project that makes them scientifically usable.

Join us Friday, 17 February, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week we explore the Canadian province of Alberta

Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – Juice – from the drawing board and into construction.

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway.

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway.

A new study sheds light on a possible phenomenon on the planet-sized moon.

In 15 years of operations, the GRACE satellite mission has dramatically changed our view of how water moves and is stored on Earth.

In 15 years of operations, the GRACE satellite mission has dramatically changed our view of how water moves and is stored on Earth.

A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles.

A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn’s moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles.

The recently launched Sentinel-2B satellite has delivered its first image: the Italian port city of Brindisi – appropriately the same word for the ‘toast’ ritual in Italian

Just over a week after being lofted into orbit, the European Union’s Sentinel-2B satellite delivered its first images of Earth, offering a glimpse of the ‘colour vision’ it will provide for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme.

Technology image of the week: ESA graduate trainee Justyna Barys joins the 30 Under 30 Europe Industry List by business publisher Forbes

Forty-two is the answer, but what is the question? Scientists from the University of Zurich wanted to probe how immune cells adapt to weightlessness so they sent an experiment to the International Space Station with ESA.

This pair is the tightest such binary identified in the Milky Way.

Meet “Bob,” the second Type Ia supernova in the galaxy since 2013

Pixels all the way down.

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Last week, from Monday Feb. 27th to Wednesday March 1st, NASA hosted the “Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop” at their headquarters in Washington, DC. During the course of the many pr…

Could leftover heat from the last El Nino fuel a new one? JPL Climatologist Bill Patzert looks at the current state of the Pacific Ocean as seen by the Jason-3 satellite.

Could leftover heat from the last El Nino fuel a new one? JPL Climatologist Bill Patzert looks at the current state of the Pacific Ocean as seen by the Jason-3 satellite.

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Bacteria from space

Chandrayaan-1’s orbit may be off, but it has been relocated

A new study from NASA’s Cassini mission shows that Saturn’s moon Enceladus is warmer than expected just a few feet below its icy surface.

A new study from NASA’s Cassini mission shows that Saturn’s moon Enceladus is warmer than expected just a few feet below its icy surface.

Space Science Image of the Week: Marking the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s first year in space with a new stereo image of Mars

Thanks to ESA, airports can now use satellites to identify and manage obstacles that could pose a risk to flight safety. 

Astronomers have detected a huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the universe was only 4 percent of its present age.

Astronomers have detected a huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the universe was only 4 percent of its present age.

NASA-sponsored scientists will meet with the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute (IKI) next week to continue work on a Joint Science Definition Team study focused on identifying shared science objectives for Venus explo…

NASA-sponsored scientists will meet with the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute (IKI) next week to continue work on a Joint Science Definition Team study focused on identifying shared science objectives for Venus explo…

Our week through the lens: 6 – 10 March 2017

Our week through the lens: 6 – 10 March 2017

By the 2020s, NASA and other ISS partners are planning to begin construction on an orbiting lunar outpost.

A new technological application of interplanetary radar pioneered by JPL scientists has successfully located spacecraft orbiting the moon — one active, and one dormant.

These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn’s tiny moon, Pan, were taken on March 7, 2017, by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn’s tiny moon, Pan, were taken on March 7, 2017, by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

A regional dust storm currently swelling on Mars follows unusually closely on one that blossomed less than two weeks earlier and is now dissipating, as seen in daily global weather monitoring by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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NASA’s upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.

A regional dust storm currently swelling on Mars follows unusually closely on one that blossomed less than two weeks earlier and is now dissipating, as seen in daily global weather monitoring by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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NASA’s upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.

Following three days of intensive work, mission control today declared the newly launched Sentinel-2B satellite fit and ready for commissioning.

Following three days of intensive work, mission control today declared the newly launched Sentinel-2B satellite fit and ready for commissioning.

Join us Friday, 10 March, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-3 image over the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia

Our supermassive black hole has been on a diet for millions of years… but when did it last splurge?

One hundred invited social-media users from almost 30 countries took part in the #Sentinel2Go launch event in Darmstadt this week

One hundred invited social-media users from almost 30 countries took part in the #Sentinel2Go launch event in Darmstadt this week

Operations image of the week: Spacecraft operations manager Michelle Collins during the launch of Sentinel-2B

Data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft about TRAPPIST-1, a system of seven Earth-size planets, are now available to the scientific community.

The bright central area of Ceres’ Occator Crater, known as Cerealia Facula, is approximately 30 million years younger than the crater in which it lies, according to a new study in the Astronomical Journal.

For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, a new NASA educational virtual tour features seven women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, a new NASA educational virtual tour features seven women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft about TRAPPIST-1, a system of seven Earth-size planets, are now available to the scientific community.

The bright central area of Ceres’ Occator Crater, known as Cerealia Facula, is approximately 30 million years younger than the crater in which it lies, according to a new study in the Astronomical Journal.

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the ‘Earth from Space’ team caught up with Sentinel-2 mission manager Bianca Hoersch to talk about her role in the recently launched Sentinel-2B satellite

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the ‘Earth from Space’ team caught up with Sentinel-2 mission manager Bianca Hoersch to talk about her role in the recently launched Sentinel-2B satellite

The spacecraft gives us another look at our cool new neighbor.

The spacecraft gives us another look at our cool new neighbor.

Technology image of the week: dizzyingly complex orbits charted across space as part of a global contest for the world’s best aerospace engineers and mathematicians

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: multi-photo mosaic of Barcelona seen from the Space Station

Long purported as possible proof of dark matter, an observed excess of antimatter might actually be due to pulsars instead.

The mission once tentatively called the Europa Clipper is now OFFICIALLY called the Europa Clipper.

Watch the replay of the full Sentinel-2B launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 7 March

From ESA’s mission control in Germany, watch the replay of the #Sentinel2Go event to celebrate the launch of the second satellite for the Sentinel-2 ‘colour vision’ mission

Watch the replay of the full Sentinel-2B launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 7 March

From ESA’s mission control in Germany, watch the replay of the #Sentinel2Go event to celebrate the launch of the second satellite for the Sentinel-2 ‘colour vision’ mission