This short animation explains the relative sizes of the Rosetta spacecraft and comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta is…
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Space timelapse over Brazil
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recorded this timelapse from the International Space Station as it flew over Brazil…
Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414
The two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guanabara Bay in southeast Brazil is pictured in this image from the Sentinel-1A satellite. The city…
Exploding blue supergiant star
This artist’s impression depicts a region of an exploding blue supergiant. These stars are quite rare…
Earth from Space: Rio
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the one-hundred-eleventh…
ATV-5 George Lemaître Mission VNR
ATV-5 is the last in the series to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The…
ATV-5: Georges Lemaître, Monseigneur Big Bang
With ATV-5 George Lemaitre soon to be launched to the ISS from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, ESA…
ATV-5 Heritage
The fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV-5 , is scheduled to lift off at 01h43…
A galaxy with a glowing heart
This view, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a nearby spiral galaxy known as…