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Images show extent of global air pollution

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Europe’s air pollution satellite publishes first images

Sentinel-5P was only blasted into space in October, but it’s already sending back images of the world’s air pollution.

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What can be done about space debris?

There are 29,000 tracked pieces of space debris in orbit, and a million more too small to follow. They pose a risk to astronauts and satellites. So what can be done?

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Legends of Space, ep 10: Rosetta and Philae

We look back to November 2014, when Rosetta's Philae probe landed on a comet

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Can we solve the mysteries of Earth's atmosphere?

Is the ozone layer replenishing itself, how can we track pollution from industry, and is it possible to measure Earth's winds from orbit? We look into the mysteries of our atmosphere in Space.

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ESA launches Sentinel-5P to track pollution daily

Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite has blasted off from the northern Russian launch site of Plesetsk

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Europes launches air pollution satellite

Europe launched the sixth of its Sentinel Earth observation satellites on Friday as part of the multi-billion-euro Copernicus programme to monitor volcanic ash and ultraviolet radiation.

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ESA releases film of Aurora Borealis shot from ISS

The European Space Agency's cameras onboard the ISS have caputred the glory of the Aurora Borealis.

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Italian astronaut captures breathtaking footage of aurora from space

Are the northern lights even more spectacular from space than Earth?

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End of space mission for Cassini

End of space mission for Cassini

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Asteroid Florence to skim the Earth tomorrow

A space rock named "3122 Florence" is set to pass close to the Earth just after midday tomorrow.

Kazakhstan

Watch: Rocket carrying Europe’s oldest astronaut blasts-off into space

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60-year-old Italian astronaut: "He's in great condition!"

60-year-old Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli blasted off to the International Space Station

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Europe’s oldest astronaut set for third trip to space

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Voyaging back into space at 60: Paolo Nespoli

The Italian astronaut is about to embark on his third space mission, this time to the International Space Station.

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Facing the furnace: BepiColombo mission to visit Mercury

ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission is preparing to visit Mercury, a mysterious planet the size of the Moon and as hot as a pizza oven

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Pesquet joins ESA and NASA chiefs at Paris Air Show

We meet heads of ESA, NASA & Thomas Pesquet at the Paris Air Show

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Astronauts return from ISS

France's Thomas Pesquet and Russia's Oleg Novistky return to Earth after long stints in the ISS

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Return to earth for France's astronaut photographer

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Cassini-Huygens's extraordinary journey around Saturn

The Cassini-Huygens mission has landed a probe on Titan, discovered an icy ocean on Enceladus, and is right now flying between the rings of Saturn and the planet itself. We head to the UK to find out