A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
Turning snow orange
[caption id="attachment_14828" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA[/caption] Sand and dust stirred up by desert storms in north Africa have caused snow in eastern Europe to turn orange, transforming…
Proba-1 view of the Great Pyramids
[caption id="attachment_14825" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA[/caption] A view looking north to south of Egypt’s famous Giza Pyramid Complex, as seen by ESA’s Proba-1 minisatellite. The smaller Pyramid of Menkaure is seen to towards the centre…
Crab Nebula in ultraviolet
[caption id="attachment_14821" align="alignnone" width="621"] Credit: ESA[/caption] The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant some 6500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus. At the centre of the nebula is a pulsar – the remnant…
A space window to electrifying science
[caption id="attachment_14817" align="alignnone" width="677"] Thunderstorm seen from Space Station[/caption] Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth’s atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare…