Landing on an asteroid

This is the microlander that ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission would put down on its target…

Comet on 7 February 2016 – OSIRIS narrow-angle camera

OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image taken on 7 February 2016, when Rosetta was 47.5 km from Comet…

Visualising atoms

How atoms interact and behave is common high-school knowledge, but what we know is based on…

Asteroid Day 2016 press event

The press conference to announce Asteroid Day 2016 took place at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in…

Sentinel-3A being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing

Sentinel-3A satellite being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing, on 8 February 2016, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome…

Sentinel-3A being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing

Sentinel-3A satellite being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing, on 8 February 2016, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome…

Sentinel-3A being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing

Sentinel-3A satellite being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing, on 8 February 2016, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome…

Sentinel-3A being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing

Sentinel-3A satellite being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing, on 8 February 2016, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome…

Sentinel-3A being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing

Sentinel-3A satellite being encapsulated within its Rockot fairing, on 8 February 2016, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome…

Lightning strikes

Flying from North Africa over Turkey towards Russia in this timelapse.