World’s largest iceberg drifts beyond Antarctic waters

In November 2023, the A23a mega iceberg set sail after being grounded on the ocean floor…

Destiny module from Marcus Wandt’s perspective

View of the Destiny module from the point of view of ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt.…

Earth from Space: Snow-bound eastern US

Record-breaking Arctic cold weather has swept through much of the United States in the last few…

ESA – Luminous in Lepus

This image shows the spiral galaxy IC 438, which lies about 130 million light-years from Earth in the…

Earth views from Cupola by Marcus Wandt

Join ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to…

ESA – PHANGS image mosaic

This collection of 19 face-on spiral galaxies from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in near-…

Ariane 6 main stage test model leaves for the launch pad

Ariane 6 central core used for testing as it leaves the launcher sssembly building, known in…

ESA – Solidified lava

On 27 January 2024, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of Grindavik in Iceland’s Reykjanes…

ESA – Cleaning EarthCARE

One of the last jobs to do before ESA’s EarthCARE satellite is packed up for shipment…

ESA – Two Scandinavians in space

  Two Scandinavian astronauts are living and working together in space for the first time in…