Space science image of the week: A young star fights its way through birth clouds cloaked in a golden swathe of light
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Born in a golden cloak
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Asteroid touchdown
In the run up to Asteroid Day on 30 June, this video details the micro-lander envisaged as part of ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission -
Rosetta’s comet contains ingredients for life
Ingredients regarded as crucial for the origin of life on Earth have been discovered at the comet that ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has been probing for almost two years.
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Couture in orbit
Video highlights from the space-inspired fashion show at London’s Science Museum, 25 May -
Chile's salt flat
Earth observation image of the week: A Sentinel-2A image of Salar de Atacama, Chile -
Sentinel-1 helping Cyclone Roanu relief
Cyclone Roanu has claimed over 100 lives in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and has left tens of thousands in need of aid. Officials are looking to the sky for information on flooded areas to analyse the cyclone’s aftermath and support emergency response activities.
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Satcoms is changing lives in South African rural schools
Satcoms in rural primary schools in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa looks set to expand following the success of a pilot project.
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Mars triptych
Operations image of the week: Three images of Mars acquired by two cameras in space and one in Australia -
Asteroid lander on show
Technology image of the week: this half-scale model of ESA’s next lander to a small body goes on show at next week’s ILA Berlin Air Show -
Mars Webcam goes pro
A modest ‘webcam’ on Mars Express has proven useful for outreach, education and citizen-science. Now ESA have decided to adopt it as a professional science instrument.
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Space approach to cyber challenge
ESA’s approach to designing space missions such as ExoMars is now being used in Europe and North America to help react to cyber attacks.
