Italy, Alps and Mediterranean

ESA astronaut Tim Peake posted this photo on his social media channels, commenting "Beautiful night pass…

A misbehaving spiral

Despite its unassuming appearance, the edge-on spiral galaxy captured in the left half of this NASA/ESA…

Sierra Leone River Estuary

Part of Sierra Leone in West Africa is pictured in this image the Sentinel-2A satellite captured…

EDRS-A launch highlights

The first laser node of the European Data Relay System was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan atop…

Earth from Space: Sierra Leone River Estuary

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Ahead of…

The Didymos binary system

Animation calculated from real data showing the movement of Didymoon around the primary asteroid.

Going to space

Copernicus is the most ambitious Earth observation programme to date, and it is providing accurate, timely and…

Going to space

Copernicus is the most ambitious Earth observation programme to date, and it is providing accurate, timely and…

Perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus

This perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus was generated from the main camera’s stereo channels on ESA’s…

Perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus

This perspective view in Noctis Labyrinthus was generated from the main camera’s stereo channels on ESA’s…