Comet dust flyover

Rosetta has imaged the smallest grains of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s dust yet, with its Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis…

Sentinel-1A fragment impact in space

The picture shows Sentinel-1A’s solar array before and after the impact of a millimetre-size particle on…

Unloading Ariane 5

Elements of Galileo's specially-customised Ariane 5 being unloaded from the MN Colibriroll-on/roll-off ship at French Guiana’s Pariacabo Port…

Space recovery USB

All computer enthusiasts have a recovery disk available in case their computer stops working – and…

Space for inspiration

Spaceflight is one of the most inspiring endeavours of humankind. Join ESA and experts from many…

Not your typical protostar

At the centre of this image, captured by ESA’s Herschel space observatory, is a truly peculiar…

Ascend – the wildlife management solution for airports

Ascend is a satellite-based wildlife monitoring tool for airports. Developed by Ascend XYZ in Denmark under…

Italy earthquake displacement

Combining two Sentinel-1 radar scans from 20 August (Sentinel-1B) and 26 August 2016 (Sentinel-1A), this interferogram…

Comet on 24 August 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 24 August 2016, when Rosetta was 9.3 km from the…

Third Bosphorus Bridge

This image from the Sentinel-2A satellite captures Turkey's Third Bosphorus Bridge on 8 February 2016. The…