Names of astronomical objects are often ambiguous, especially when the historical designation of a certain class…
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ATV-4 reentry timelapse from space
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, burnt up on 2 November at 12:04 GMT over…
Height of Bangladesh mangrove
Information on mangrove forest height can be used to estimate biomass, which is extremely important for…
Philae above the comet?
Rosetta’s OSIRIS wide-angle camera captured this view of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014 at 17:18…
Corsica
The Mediterranean Sea’s most mountainous island, Corsica, dominates this image from the Landsat-8 satellite. About 40%…
Earth from Space: Corsican waters
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Numerous wetlands…
ESA Euronews: The dark side
All we can see around us, from planet Earth to distant galaxies, represents just five per…
Hubble image of NGC 7714
NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth — a relatively close neighbour…
IXV during fairing encapsulation
The IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, installed on its payload adapter, is being prepared for launch, at Europe's…
IXV during fairing encapsulation
The IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, installed on its payload adapter, is being prepared for launch, at Europe's…