Aside from sunlight, the Sun sends out a gusty stream of particles called the solar wind.…
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IRIDE first image over Italy
This video shows the first image from the Italian Earth observation satellite mission, IRIDE. The high-resolution…
Webb spies a spiral through a cosmic lens
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an…
ESA’s Gaia spacecraft leaves for retirement orbit
From 25 July 2014 to 15 January 2025, the Gaia space observatory performed high-precision measurements of…
Final commands sent to Gaia
The final commands sent to Gaia. This is the last time that the spacecraft heard from…
Proba-3 mission team in the ESEC control room
Two spacecraft flying as one – that is the goal of European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission.…
IRIDE in action: first image over Italy
Here we see a rendered animation showing the Italian Earth observation satellite, Pathfinder Hawk, capturing its…
Earth from Space: Waza National Park, Cameroon
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the striking landscape surrounding the Waza National Park in Cameroon. Zoom…
IRIDE first image over Rome
This image shows the centre of the city of Rome: on the right, the Tiber river…
Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way
For over a decade, ESA’s Gaia mission has mapped our galaxy with stunning precision—rewriting the story of the…