The Sahara desert’s sandy and rocky terrain in central Algeria, captured by the Sentinel-2A satellite in…
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Earth from Space: Northwest Sardinia
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. A false-colour…
Site of Princess Elisabeth Base seen by Proba-1
Wind-swept mountain peaks peek above the ice of Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica, as seen by…
Comet activity, 21 June
On 13 August 2015, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko will reach its closest point to the Sun along its…
Comet activity, 21 June
On 13 August 2015, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko will reach its closest point to the Sun along its…
Surrounded by Gaia
A full-size working model of Gaia’s internal systems arrived in Germany this week. The Avionics Model…
Surrounded by Gaia
A full-size working model of Gaia’s internal systems arrived in Germany this week. The Avionics Model…
Crossing the Mediterranean
Sentinel-2A captured this image of a ship crossing the Mediterranean Sea – possibly from Italy’s Civitavecchia…
iriss mission animation
This animation tells the story of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and his 10-day ‘iriss’ mission to…
Asteroid Day – ESA experts explain the nature and threat of asteroids
If an asteroid were spotted headed towards Earth, what could humanity do about it? On 30 June,…