European Space Agency

Rosetta comet chaser captures spectacular image of Earth

Paris, November 16 : The OSIRIS instrument on ESA's (European Space Agency's) Rosetta comet chaser recently captured a spectacular image of the Earth. The image was acquired with the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera from a distance...

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ESA begins commissioning Proba-2 demonstrator

The European Space Agency has begun commissioning the 17 technology experiments and four scientific instruments that are aboard its Project for Onboard Autonomy mini satellite, also known as Proba-2. Launched by a Russian...

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Dark Energy Search Could Aid Planet Hunters (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Dark energy isn't good for life in the universe. This mysterious substance, which cosmologists believe makes up around 70 percent of the universe, may eventually pull apart galaxies, then stars and planets, and...

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Inauguration Galileo Station Site At Kourou

Image Caption: The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, was inaugurated on 19 November 2009. The site, which was...

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Oceans and satellites

start: 09:40; end: 09:55ESA TV Exchange - format 16:9Three quarters of the earths surface is covered with water. In his new movie Oceans, French filmmaker Jacques Perrin teamed up with the European Space Agency to reveal the...

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SMOS satellite instrument comes alive

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Source: European Space Agency - Comments The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally. MIRAS...

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UNICEF Canada Marks 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

20 years of progress for children's rights, but more work still to be done TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - November 20 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and people will celebrate...

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Mercury mission clears key hurdle

Science delegations to the European Space Agency (Esa) have approved a much more expensive mission to Mercury. Many researchers feared Bepi might be cancelled, but Esa's Science Programme Committee has passed the bigger budget....

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Group on Earth Observations Meets to Strengthen Access to Data and Information on Biodiversity,...

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Source: Group on Earth Observations Co-chairs from China, European Commission, South Africa, United States The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is holding its annual...

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NGC 4710 galaxy: Baffling boxy bulge (w/ Video)

Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling. A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

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