Comet on 20 April 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 20 April 2016, when Rosetta was 29.9 km from Comet…

Soyuz VS14 in the mobile gantry

Soyuz VS14 in the mobile gantry on 24 April 2016. The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from…

Soyuz VS14 in the mobile gantry

Soyuz VS14 in the mobile gantry on 24 April 2016. The Soyuz VS14 mission launching from…

Aurora skimming the sunrise

A timelapse video by European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake taken during his six-month Principia mission…

Sentinel-1B launch event

Replay of the Sentinel-1B launch event at ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Italy. Despite…

Radar vision

Discover how the Sentinel-1 mission uses its radar to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery…

Herschel’s view of the Galactic Plane

This video shows a wealth of bright sources, wispy filaments and bubbling nebulas against the background…

Herschel’s view of the Galactic Plane

This video shows a wealth of bright sources, wispy filaments and bubbling nebulas against the background…

Dasht-e Kavir

The swirling landscape of Iran’s salt desert, Dasht-e Kavir, is reminiscent of an abstract painting in…

The many faces of Earth

From their vantage points some 800 km high, Earth-observing satellites ‘see’ our planet in more ways…