ESA – Laser light sabre

What looks like a light sabre is actually a laser beam guided in its path through…

ESA – Andreas Mogensen at Ellington

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen stepping out of the plane at Ellington Field, Texas, US after splashing…

ESA – An unlikely spiral

This image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The…

Earth from Space: Vienna, Austria

The historic centre of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image captured on 23…

Arctic Weather Satellite testing for life in orbit

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite in environmental testing at IAGB in Ottobrunn, Germany. The tests, carried out at IABG…

ESA – Hera’s CubeSat deployment process

ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence will journey to the distant Didymos asteroid system with…

Taking Earth’s temperature from space

Climate change exacerbates droughts by making them more frequent, longer, and more severe. This can have…

Fixing the Arctic Weather Satellite to the shaker

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite being prepared for environmental tests at IAGB in Ottobrunn, Germany. The photograph shows…

Hubble tracks Jupiter’s stormy weather

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…

ESA – The Whispering of Huginn

Andreas Mogensen launched on his Huginn mission in August 2023 to the International Space Station, becoming…