ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen from Denmark will soon be launched to the International Space Station, the…
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ESO and ESA Directors General sign cooperation agreement
On 20 August 2015 the Director General of ESO, Tim de Zeeuw (right), and the Director…
Feathery filaments in Mon R2
Fierce flashes of light ripple through delicate tendrils of gas in this new image, from ESA’s…
Feathery filaments in Mon R2
Fierce flashes of light ripple through delicate tendrils of gas in this new image, from ESA’s…
Comet on 16 August 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 16 August 2015…
Jakobshavn glacier calving
This optical image of Jakobshavn glacier in western Greenland, acquired by Sentinel-2A on 16 August 2015,…
Soyuz check
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is pictured during a 'fit-check' of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. On 2…
A cosmic couple
Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known…
Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA225
On 20 August 2015, Ariane 5 flight VA225 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana…
X-ray view of the Galactic Centre
The central regions of our galaxy, the Milky Way, seen in X-rays by ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray…