Comet or cluster?

Most globular clusters are almost perfectly spherical collections of stars — but Messier 62 breaks the mould. The 12-billion-year-old cluster…

Earth from space: Easter Island

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

Easter Island

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of the most remote islands in the world:…

Southern Crab Nebula

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble…

Southern Crab Nebula

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble…

Luca Parmitano training for second mission

This Summer ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly to the International Space Station from the Baikonur…

Luca Parmitano training for second mission

This Summer ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly to the International Space Station from the Baikonur…

Luca Parmitano training for second mission

This Summer ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly to the International Space Station from the Baikonur…

EDRS-C antenna performance verification at the Airbus CATR facility in Germany

EDRS-C is currently in the anechoic test chamber at the Compact Antenna Test Range at Airbus…

EDRS-C antenna performance verification at the Airbus CATR facility in Germany

EDRS-C is currently in the anechoic test chamber at the Compact Antenna Test Range at Airbus…