This swirling mass of celestial gas, dust, and stars is a moderately luminous spiral galaxy named ESO 021-G004,…
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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…
Ice-coated crater
This view may resemble a snowy scene observed from an airplane flying over Earth’s mountain ranges,…
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…
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…
Parachute bag
Close-up of the parachute bag – containing one of two test parachutes of the ExoMars 2020…