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Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars (link opens in a new window)
03 February 2012

New images from ESA’s Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic province dating back billions of years.
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Watch ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space programme (link opens in a new window)
03 February 2012

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. <p><a href="http://multimedia.esa.int/latestesalive" style="
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Vega set for its inaugural flight (link opens in a new window)
03 February 2012

PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle.
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Leading Exoplanet Hunters Awarded Science Prize (link opens in a new window)
03 February 2012

<p>World-renowned Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz of the Geneva Observatory have been awarded the 2011 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences for their work on exoplanets.</p> <p>The foundation recognised the
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Watch online: ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space programme (link opens in a new window)
02 February 2012

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. <p><a href="http://multimedia.esa.int/Live" style="color:#ff
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