Sentinel-2C, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, has arrived safely to Europe’s Spaceport, where it will be readied…
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ESA – Artemis II: no pressure
The Orion vehicle that will bring astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time…
Earth from Space: Central Ethiopia
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission brings us a false-colour radar image of central Ethiopia. Zoom in to…
ESA – Assembling the largest galaxies
The galaxy featured in this week’s Hubble Picture of the Week is the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 5238, located 14.5…
ESA – Heart of Hertz 2.0
The latest addition to ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, the Hertz 2.0 building, stands more…
Up close and personal: Ariane 6 liftoff from the launchpad
While no person could get this close during Ariane 6’s inaugural flight on 9 July 2024,…
XMM-Newton shows million-degree gas in Abell 2390
Scientists have combined Euclid’s recently released image of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2390 with ESA…
Interacting galaxies Arp 142 (NIRCam and MIRI image)
The distorted spiral galaxy at the centre, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at the…
Ariane 6: Thank you Space Team Europe
The first launch of Ariane 6 is a collective success for all of Europe. First flights…
The difference between distance and dust
Measuring the distance to truly remote objects like galaxies, quasars and galaxy clusters is a crucial task in astrophysics,…