Earth views at night during the Lyrids meteor shower – εpsilon mission

Auroras, thunderstorms, and brightly lit cities streak across this nighttime timelapse captured by ESA astronaut Sophie…

ESA – Smile launch highlights

ESA’s Smile satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket…

Inflight call with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot

On 20 May, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot conducted an in-flight call with selected media representatives live…

DNA Nano Therapeutics‑3 experiment timelapse

In this timelapse, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot processes blood stem cell samples to help scientists understand…

From orbit: a tapestry of cities and fleets

A view from the Cupola window in mid‑April, as brightly lit cities and shipping fleets drift…

Change in Earth’s molten core flow 1997–2025

The molten core, which swirls about 2200 km beneath our feet, generates Earth’s geomagnetic field as…

Hot surfaces during Europe’s heatwave ‘seen’ by Sentinel-3

Europe is in the middle of a heatwave, with record air temperatures for May in many…

Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1 (NIRCam Image)

This new image from NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) shows Abell2744-QSO1, magnified and triply imaged by galaxy…

ESA and CNES renew their commitment to Europe’s Spaceport

Philippe Lier, Director of the Guiana Space Centre for French space agency CNES and Géraldine Naja,…

ESA – Marseille, France

This picture was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:…