Saturn’s inside-out rings

In this curious view, Saturn looms in the foreground on the left, adorned by shadows cast…

Top ten reasons why the dinosaurs became extinct

Poor dietary habits? Overwhelming environmental risks? Or just plain ol' loneliness? In celebration of Asteroid Day…

Top ten reasons why the dinosaurs became extinct

Poor dietary habits? Overwhelming environmental risks? Or just plain ol' loneliness? In celebration of Asteroid Day…

Horizons mission time-lapse – The dancing aurora

Beautiful from Earth, incredible from space. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this time-lapse of an aurora…

Horizons mission time-lapse – The dancing aurora

Beautiful from Earth, incredible from space. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this time-lapse of an aurora…

Horizons mission time-lapse – Lightning flashes and aurora

Lights, camera, action! The lightning captured in this time-lapse taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from…

Horizons mission time-lapse – Lightning flashes and aurora

Lights, camera, action! The lightning captured in this time-lapse taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from…

Asteroid Day 2018 live from ESA/ESO

On 30 June 2018, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and ESA teamed up to produce a…

Asteroid Day 2018 live from ESA/ESO

On 30 June 2018, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and ESA teamed up to produce a…

Hera mission

Hera is the European contribution to an ESA-NASA double-spacecraft mission intended to test whether a kinetic…