This animation shows ESA’s Planck observatory scanning the sky and completing its first all-sky survey. From…
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Ariane 6 animations
Ariane 6 is the newest rocket in a series that has, for five decades, been launching…
ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf
Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and…
60 days in bed for science
A group of volunteers is spending two months lying in bed—with their feet up and one…
ESA – Transforming ESA’s technical heart
The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) – ESA’s technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands…
Testing prosthesis fit in simulated microgravity
John McFall, a former Paralympic athlete and orthopaedic surgeon, was selected as the first member of the…
Earth from Space: São Francisco River, Brazil
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights part of the São Francisco River in eastern Brazil. With a…