ESA – Celestial fossils

This densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster known as NGC 1841, which is found within the Large…

How will space transform the global food system?

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global agricultural production will need to increase by…

ESA – Proba-3’s laser-precise positioning

An infrared view of a laser-based test campaign – taking place at Redwire Space in Kruibeke,…

ESA – Grip on Mars

There is a science treasure waiting to be picked up on Mars. Some 330 million km…

ESA – Ariane 6: Arrives

The largest components for the first flight model of Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 arrived at…

ESA – Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744)

Astronomers estimate 50 000 sources of near-infrared light are represented in this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA…

Sand dunes meet stacked ice at Mars’s north pole

This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows the terrain surrounding Mars’s north pole. It captures the region where…

ESA – A galactic treasury

This image features the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559 as seen by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb…

ERS-2 buckles and bends during final farewell

Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA’s ERS-2 reentered Earth’s atmosphere…

ESA satellite returns to Earth – ERS-2 reentry

Mission complete. ESA’s second European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite has reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the North…