ATV-5 on its Ariane 5 launcher in the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…
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Double satellite
Technology image of the week: One launch for two satellites, flying together in space – the…
Rosetta closing in on the comet
After a 10-year journey, Rosetta is finally closing in on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Magali Vaissiere, David Parker and Rt Hon Greg Clark
Magali Vaissiere, ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications, David Parker, Head of UK Space Agency, and…
How big is Rosetta compared with the comet?
This short animation explains the relative sizes of the Rosetta spacecraft and comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta is…
Space timelapse over Brazil
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recorded this timelapse from the International Space Station as it flew over Brazil…
Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414
The two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guanabara Bay in southeast Brazil is pictured in this image from the Sentinel-1A satellite. The city…
Exploding blue supergiant star
This artist’s impression depicts a region of an exploding blue supergiant. These stars are quite rare…
Earth from Space: Rio
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the one-hundred-eleventh…