First image of nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-4

The new Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has delivered its first images, highlighting concentrations of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide,…

Dark matter might leave a colorful ‘fingerprint’ on light

This collage shows NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images of 6 different galaxy clusters, with dark matter…

ESA-supported test leads to better in-flight connectivity

Applications 21/10/2025 219 views 14 likes Better in-flight streaming and video-calling might just become more accessible…

See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

Valeriy Polyakov in Russian space station Mir’s window, taken from the space shuttle Discovery in 1995…

A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time

Illustration of Chiron’s rings Dan Durda For the first time, astronomers are watching a ring system…

Samantha Cristoforetti during helicopter training

ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet completed a helicopter training course…

LUNA: Europe’s Moon on Earth

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer walks across the dusty terrain of LUNA, Europe’s Moon on Earth. Nearby,…

Sentinel-1D fuelled and ready for encapsulation

Applications 20/10/2025 58 views 1 likes The launch campaign of the next satellite to join the…

Phosphine on brown dwarf is 1st found in surprise discovery

Artist’s schematic concept of the Wolf 1130ABC system. It consists of the red dwarf star Wolf…

Saturn’s rings are weird and wonderful: 10 facts here

The Cassini spacecraft caught the 6th planet from the sun and its rings like never before.…