Earth from Space: Larsen-B Ice Shelf on thin ice

Earth from Space: Larsen-B Ice Shelf on thin ice

The changing Larsen-B Ice Shelf captured by Envisat on 22 February 2007 with its Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR). The Larsen Ice Shelf is a series of three shelves – A (the smallest), B…
The celestial whirligig

The celestial whirligig

Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it with the unaided eye as a spectacular display in the evening sky. Pushing ESO's New Technology Telescope to its…
The Sky Through Three Giant Eyes

The Sky Through Three Giant Eyes

The ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer, which allows astronomers to scrutinise objects with a precision equivalent to that of a 130-m telescope, is proving itself an unequalled success every day…
Integral expands our view of the gamma-ray sky

Integral expands our view of the gamma-ray sky

Integral's latest survey of the gamma-ray universe continues to change the way astronomers think of the high-energy cosmos. With over seventy percent of the sky now observed by Integral, astronomers…