Distant and ancient

Dotted across the sky in the constellation of Pictor (The Painter’s Easel) is the galaxy cluster highlighted here by the NASA/ESA…

Antenna for Proba-3

This patch antenna under test at ESA’s technical heart is designed to maintain a radio link…

Art and climate

ESA’s visiting artist, Shane Sutton, explains the background to his Climate from Space street art exhibition…

Art and climate

ESA’s visiting artist, Shane Sutton, explains the background to his Climate from Space street art exhibition…

Exobiology in a box

The International Space Station is the platform to study a variety of fields without gravity getting…

Storm in the Teacup quasar

This image shows a quasar nicknamed the Teacup due to its shape. A quasar is an…

Storm in the Teacup quasar

This image shows a quasar nicknamed the Teacup due to its shape. A quasar is an…

Iconic

Few of the Universe’s residents are as iconic as the spiral galaxy. These limelight-hogging celestial objects combine…

Iconic

Few of the Universe’s residents are as iconic as the spiral galaxy. These limelight-hogging celestial objects combine…

Earth from space: Ries crater

In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over an…