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The solar wind is swirly 18 December 2012
The solar wind is swirly 18 December 2012 Using ESA’s Cluster quartet of satellites as a space plasma microscope, scientists have zoomed in on the solar wind to reveal the finest detail yet, finding tiny turbulent swirls that could play a big role in heating it.
Cassini spots mini Nile River on Saturn moon12 December 2012
Cassini spots mini Nile River on Saturn moon12 December 2012 The international Cassini mission has spotted what appears to be a miniature extraterrestrial version of the Nile River: a river valley on Saturn’s moon Titan that stretches more than 400 km from its ‘headwaters’ to a large sea.
Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland06 December 2012
Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland06 December 2012 The high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express imaged the Charitum Montes region of the Red Planet on 18 June, near to Gale crater and the Argyre basin featured in our October and November image releases.
Herschel and Keck take census of the invisible Universe04 December 2012
Herschel and Keck take census of the invisible Universe04 December 2012 By combining the observing powers of ESA’s Herschel space observatory and the ground-based Keck telescopes, astronomers have characterised hundreds of previously unseen starburst galaxies, revealing extraordinary high star-formation rates across the h...
Have Venusian volcanoes been caught in the act?03 December 2012
Have Venusian volcanoes been caught in the act?03 December 2012 Six years of observations by ESA’s Venus Express have shown large changes in the sulphur dioxide content of the planet’s atmosphere, and one intriguing possible explanation is volcanic eruptions.
Titan’s seasons make sharp turn28 November 2012
Titan’s seasons make sharp turn28 November 2012 Scientists using the international Cassini spacecraft have studied the rapid change in seasons on Saturn’s moon Titan, following equinox in August 2009, which saw the formation of a swirling vortex and a build up of exotic gases at unexpectedly high a...
