The joint European-Chinese Smile mission will launch this spring from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on…
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The stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral
Two powerful instruments of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope joined forces to create this scenic…
Earth from Space: Ouarzazate, Morocco
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over south-central Morocco, near the city of Ouarzazate. Zoom in…
Smile launch and solar panel deployment (artist impression)
3… 2… 1… lift off! The joint European-Chinese Smile mission will launch this spring from Europe’s…
Sophie Adenot exercising on the CEVIS bike
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, currently on the International Space Station for the εpsilon mission, exercises on the CEVIS bike just a few days…
ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels
A dark blue van stands at the ready in front of a 25-metre-wide antenna, framed by…
ESA – Uranus rotation in timelapse
This timelapse shows a full rotation of Uranus captured by NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Thanks to its orbit at L2, Webb was able to observe the…
ESA – Uranus (January 2025)
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s…
ESA – Celeste
The world runs on invisible satellite navigation signals: they fuel our society, generate economic growth and…
Rising ocean-surface temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea
Each year, the world’s leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet…