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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.

US 708 is a rapidly rotating, compact helium star likely formed by interaction with a close companion.

Space Science Image of the Week: Hubble image unveils the twisted shockwaves of an exploded star

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet.

Managers of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover mission expect to approve resumption of rover arm movements as early as next week.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) today to discuss the historic arrival of the agency’s Dawn spacecraft at the dwarf planet Ceres.

Our week through the lens: 2-6 March 2015

Researchers believe that gaseous precipitaton is key to understanding how giant black holes affect the growth of galaxies.

About 4 billion years ago, Mars likely had an ocean that covered almost half of the planet’s northern hemisphere.

Dawn’s trajectory puts it on the side of Ceres that faces away from the Sun until mid-April.

A high-speed camera for monitoring vegetation from space and combating famine in Africa is being adapted to spot changes in human skin cells, invisible to the naked eye, to help diagnose skin diseases like cancer.

In May, the ‘webcam’ on board Mars Express will be available for public imaging requests. We’re inviting schools, science clubs and youth groups to submit proposals for one of eight opportunities to image another planet.

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is investigating unusual rocks before reformatting the rover’s memory and continued driving toward “Marathon Valley.”

Join us Friday, 6 March, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-1A mosaic of Hungary

The multiple images of the exploding star are caused by the powerful gravity of a foreground elliptical galaxy embedded in a massive cluster of galaxies.

The discovery suggests that planets in quadruple systems might be less rare than once thought.

Astronomers have discovered the second known case of a planet in a quadruple star system.

NASA’s next mission to Mars, InSight, is on track to launch a year from today and to study the Red Planet’s interior to learn about how rocky planets like Earth evolved.

After studying the recent explosive break-up of a US satellite, ESA space debris experts have concluded this event does not increase the collision risk to nearby ESA missions in any meaningful way.

With a resolution of 4 inches (11 centimeters) per pixel, these data from OSIRIS’ Narrow Angle Camera reveal highly detailed structures on Comet 67P’s surface.

Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite captures an Australian salt lake covered with water

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is expected to remain stationary for several days for engineering analysis following an onboard fault-protection action on Feb. 27.

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: mission control team trains for Sentinel-2A launch

Dawn will be the first mission to successfully visit a dwarf planet when it enters orbit around Ceres on Friday, March 6.

Arcadia High School won out over 11 other teams at the Ocean Sciences Bowl regional competition held at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 28.

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf planet Ceres, scheduled for Friday, March 6.