ESA offers a new way of looking at the Sun 14 December 2010 ESA has released interactive, open-source software that gives both scientists and the public an unprecedented insight into the ever-changing face of the Sun. Read more

Europe maintains its presence on the final frontier 22 November 2010 ESA has decided to extend the productive lives of 11 of its operating space science missions. This will enable ESA's world-class science missions to continue returning pioneering results until at least 2014. Read more

SOHO sheds new light on solar flares 12 October 2010 Data from the SOHO and GOES spacecraft have enabled a team of European scientists to shed new light on the role of solar flares in the total output of radiation from the Sun. Their surprising conclusion: X-rays account for only about 1% of the total energy emitted by these explosive events. Read more