Beautiful satellite views of Earth's extreme events [Pics]

Breakaway glaciers, submarine volcanos and multicoloured lakes were among the images captured by European Space Agency and NASA satellites last month.

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Space Junk Mess Getting Messier in Orbit

The already untidy mass of orbital debris that litters low Earth orbitnearly got nastier last month. A head-on collision was averted between a spent upper stage from a Chinese rocket and the European Space Agency's (ESA) huge Envisat Earth remote-sensing spacecraft.

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'Tuned' images from Esa's Smos water mission

The first fully calibrated images from the European Space Agency's Smos satellite have now been released.The spacecraft's new pictures show swathes of Scandinavia, Australia and the Amazon.

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Mars moon gets extreme close-up by European satellite | Netw

European Space Agency's Mars Express will get within 31 miles of Mars moon Phobos

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Stunning Satellite Shots of Earth (PICS)

An annular eclipse and a dramatic deep-freeze were among the images captured by European Space Agency and NASA satellites last month

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BBC News - Esa's Proba2 demonstration satellite views eclips

Proba-2, one of smallest satellites ever flown by the European Space Agency, pictures January's annular eclipse.

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Engineers Week has Space Expo prize

You could be in with a chance to win a trip to the European Space Agency as part of this years Engineers Week in Ireland.

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Down to Earth: Gadgets from outer space

A SPACE probe plunges its way through Titan's atmosphere and lands safely on the surface. Over a billion kilometres away here on Earth, a machine fills a bag of potato crisps. Georg Koppenwallner didn't think that Saturn's largest moon had much in common with his favourite bar snack - at least not until he got a call from the European Space Agency.

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NASA's Rosetta "Alice" spectrometer reveals Earth's...

NASA's Rosetta "Alice" spectrometer reveals Earth's ultraviolet fingerprint in Earth flyby.the European Space Agency's comet orbiter spacecraft, Rosetta, swooped by Earth for its third and final gravity assist on the way to humankind's first rendezvous to orbit and study a comet in more detail than has ever been attempted.

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ESA Wants Life Extension for ISS Until 2020

With the agreed upon lifespan of the International Space Station coming upon us, the European Space Agency are first to call for an extension of the ISS's life span from 2015 to 2020. With no current funding planned after 2015, many are wondering what the fate of the ISS will be after this date.

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