ESA – Starbursting centre

The glittering galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 6951, which resides…

Earth from Space: Cyclone Errol

This wide view of Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows Cyclone Errol heading towards the coast of Western Australia. Zoom in…

This is not static noise

Resembling static noise on an old TV, light scatters through a gel in space. But unlike…

Completing the construction of Plato’s spacecraft

Engineers mount the sunshield and solar array module to the rest of ESA’s Plato spacecraft. The…

ESA – Plato spreads its wings

By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers recently completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission…

Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars

Dust devils are whirlwinds of dust that are blown across Mars’s surface. They are one way…

Sentinel-1D integrated on the dolly

Sentinel-1D adjustment onto the spacecraft integration trolley. Once positioned, the spacecraft was inspected to confirm its…

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

On 3 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS…

ESA – Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-6B

Five years after the launch of Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’, mission control team at ESA’s European Space…

Hera’s first year in space

What a difference a year makes! Today Hera’s asteroid mission for planetary defence is cruising through deep…