Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off…
MAXI J1659–152
MAXI J1659–152 is a rapidly spinning binary system comprising a black hole more than three times…
Power spectrum of temperature fluctuations in the CMB
This animation explains how the wealth of information that is contained in the all-sky map of…
Space weather aurora
The Northern Lights – Aurora Borealis – above Finnish Lapland near Sodankylä during ESA’s space weather…
ATV-4 ready for mating
ATV-4 Albert Einstein's pressurised module and avionics module are prepared to be united with the propulsion…
ATV-4 integration
ATV Albert Einstein's pressurised module suspended at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana in preparation to integrate…
ATV-4 in Kourou
A technician prepares ATV Albert Einstein's pressurised module at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana to integrate it…
Steady…
A technician moves ATV Albert Einstein's pressurised module at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana. Once in…
ATV-4 docking port and logo
ATV Albert Einstein at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana with its mission logo on the wall…
Herschel Discovers Some of the Youngest Stars Ever Seen
Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen thanks to the Herschel space observatory,…