- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 17th, 2013
Gaia Space Telescope Moves to Its Launch Pad
Takeoff is currently scheduled to occur later this week
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 16th, 2013
Billion-Star Surveyor to Create 3D Map of Milky Way
The telescope will analyze the positions of a billion stars
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 16th, 2013
Arctic Sea Ices Finally Thickening for the Winter
New satellite data show the ices recovering from summer extents
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 13th, 2013
Billion-Star Survey Telescope Installed in Its Payload Fairing
The telescope will be launched into space in about a week
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 13th, 2013
World's Best Optical Telescopes Image the Crab Nebula
Herschel and Hubble join forces for super-detailed photograph
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 13th, 2013
New Norcia Station to Track Chinese Moon Lander on December 14
The facility is well-suited for this type of communications support
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 12th, 2013
Multi-Wavelength Image of the Last Solar Eclipse Released
Multiple spacecraft were used to collect the data in this image
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 12th, 2013
Galileo Constellation Tracks Its First Aircraft
The feat was achieved with just four operational satellites
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 11th, 2013
Antarctica Losing Ice Much Faster Than Scientists Thought
New satellite data paint a worrying image of ice sheets at the South Pole
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 10th, 2013
Time Has Come for the Rosetta Spacecraft to Wake Up
The probe will reach its target next year, mission controllers say
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 10th, 2013
ESA Monitored the Latest Massive Storm Surge in Europe
A huge storm blasted through northern Europe a couple of days ago
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 5th, 2013
Optical Technique Can Detect Nanometer-Level Features on Surfaces
European researchers demonstrate new optical detection method
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 4th, 2013
Earth's Gravity Can Be Affected by Earthquakes
The effects can easily be distinguished over localized areas
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 3rd, 2013
New Galileo Satellite Completes Cryogenic Tests
The spacecraft will be launched into space in mid-2014
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2013
Hubble Sees Amazing Irregular Galaxy Nearby
The cosmic formation is neither spiral, nor elliptical
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2013
ESA to Assist China in Landing a Spacecraft on the Moon
The agency will provide tracking data to Chinese mission controllers
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2013
New Map Covers Entire Great Barrier Reef
The formation is the largest and most important coral reef in the world