The unusual cluster terzan

Peering through the thick dust clouds of the galactic bulge an international team of astronomers has…

Barents bloom

Although it may appear as a watercolour painting, this image is a natural-colour capture of a…

Earth from Space: Barents bloom

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The one hundred…

Rosetta – advancing cometary science

Rosetta was the first mission to orbit a comet and the first mission to land on…

Signing the SciFi Car

When was the last time you autographed a car? Better yet, when was the last time…

ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland

David Gibbons (Manager of ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland), Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Minister for Jobs, Enterprise…

Aeolus launch contract

The contract between ESA and Arianespace to launch the ADM-Aeolus satellite was signed on 22 July…

Hubble views a cosmic oyster and pearl in NGC 1501

The world is your oyster, as the expression goes – and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope,…

Space history

This week one year ago, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen (left) spent 10 days in space on…

Philae close-up

Close-up of the Philae lander, imaged by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 2 September 2016 from…