IXV ready for liftoff

This time-lapse video shows IXV's preparation, fairing encapsulation, transfer to the Vega mobile gantry and upper…

Galileo container

Galileo satellite in its protective air-conditioned container, about to be unloaded from its Air France Boeing 747…

Lisbon, Portugal

This image from Sentinel-1A’s radar shows the metropolitan area of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. Flowing in from…

Earth from Space: Lisbon

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one…

March of the moons

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a rare occurrence as three of Jupiter’s largest…

Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background: zoom

A visualisation of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESA’s…

Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background

A visualisation of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESA's…

Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background: finer detail

A visualisation of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESA’s…

Polarised emission from Milky Way dust

The interaction between interstellar dust in the Milky Way and the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic…

Maxwell Test Chamber

These 9 m-high spike-lined walls enclose the hushed interior of ESA’s Maxwell test chamber, which isolates…