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Proba-3 will fly coronagraph
Simulating the formation-flying future of space
 
9 September 2010   All space missions are difficult. Docking a pair of spacecraft is tough but flying multiple satellites together in formation is the real cutting edge.

An artist's impression of the Cluster quartet
Cluster turns the invisible into the visible
 
1 September 2010   Cluster has spent a decade revealing previously hidden interactions between the Sun and Earth. Its studies have uncovered secrets of the aurora, solar storms, and given us insight into fundamental processes that occur across the Universe. And there is more work to do.

Giant star IRC+10216
Recipe for water: just add starlight
 
2 September 2010   ESA’s Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet starlight is the key ingredient for making water in space. It is the only explanation for why a dying star is surrounded by a gigantic cloud of hot water vapour.

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