Category: News
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A cosmic trick of the eye
Space Science Image of the Week: The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this view of a beautiful, but deceptive, planetary nebula -
ESA intouch
Competition to develop the next generation interactive Space App with ESA, deadline 15 April -
Sentinel-3: even better
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-3A image of the River Nile and surroundings, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Going to space
Operations image of the week: Teams at ESA’s mission control in intensive simulation training for Sentinel-1B liftoff -
Found: Andromeda’s first spinning neutron star
Decades of searching in the Milky Way’s nearby ‘twin’ galaxy Andromeda have finally paid off, with the discovery of an elusive breed of stellar corpse, a neutron star, by ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope.
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Tracking Tim’s iceberg
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Iceberg seen from International Space Station -
Spikes of silence
Technology image of the week: this spiky foam absorbs sound as well as radio waves, helping to simulate space conditions for satellite testing -
Etosha
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of the Etosha salt pan, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Teamwork
Operations image of the week: A team of teams at ESA’s operations centre assumes control of humanity’s next mission to the Red Planet -
Frosty martian valleys
Nestled within the fractured rim of a vast impact basin on Mars are valley floors dusted in frost.
