ESA – Meet Biomass

Meet Biomass – ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission to launch. Carrying the first P-band synthetic aperture radar in space, this…

Euclid image of a bright Einstein ring around galaxy NGC 6505

The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid…

ESA – Supernova spotting

A supernova and its host galaxy are the subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of…

Earth from Space: Snow-capped Swiss Alps

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the…

ESA – Forests in focus

ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass is the first satellite to carry a P-band synthetic aperture radar in…

ESA – Biomass counts biomass

ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass is the first satellite to carry a P-band synthetic aperture radar in…

XMM-Newton finds two stray supernova remnants

When the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton pointed its telescope at two unidentified sources of light in…

Scientists spot tiny Sun jets driving fast and slow solar wind

Back in 2023, we reported on Solar Orbiter’s discovery of tiny jets near the Sun’s south…

ESA – Galaxy LEDA 1313424

High-resolution imagery from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has allowed researchers to hone in on more…

Mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background with Planck [2008 version]

This animation shows ESA’s Planck observatory scanning the sky and completing its first all-sky survey. From…