Zero gravity Science

ESA’s parabolic flight project coordinator Neil Melville explains why 40 researchers working on 12 technologically-advanced experiments…

An active centre

This swirling mass of celestial gas, dust, and stars is a moderately luminous spiral galaxy named ESO 021-G004,…

Press briefing Cheops launch

Recording of the press briefing at ESA’s European Space Astronomy Centre, ESAC, on 17 December 2019, ahead…

Launch highlights Cheops and OPS-SAT

Highlights from the launch of ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French…

Receding ice

Ice capping the northern hemisphere terrain of Mars slowly recedes as summer progresses, revealing the underlying…

Permanent ice

Many craters in the polar regions of Mars hold permanent ice deposits year-round. In this image,…

Ice-filled crater

The rim of this ice-rich crater catches the early morning sunlight in the high northern latitudes…

Ice-coated crater

This view may resemble a snowy scene observed from an airplane flying over Earth’s mountain ranges,…

Discs and bulges

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of…

Tromsø, Norway

With Christmas almost here, the red and white of this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image bring a festive…