Paraná river flood

Map of flood extent on the Paraná River in northern Argentina near the border with Paraguay.…

Supermassive black hole at the heart of NGC 5548

This is the galaxy known as NGC 5548. At its heart, though not visible here, is…

Close-up of 3D-printed surface

Scanning electron microscope close-up of the surface of a part produced by Additive Manufacturing, otherwise known…

Fire experiment

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst works with the BASS experiment (Burning  and Suppression of Solids) in the…

Proba-V imaging Brazil

As football fans worldwide keep their eyes trained on Brazil, ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite captures the entire…

Comet on 4 June

Rosetta’s target comet, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, seen on 4 June 2014 by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera. The…

June 2014 magnetic field

‘Snapshot’ of the main magnetic field at Earth’s surface as of June 2014 based on Swarm…

Third Swarm Science Meeting: press briefing

The ‘Third Swarm Science Meeting’ was held at the IDA Conference Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on…

Earth’s ever-changing magnetic field

This animation shows changes in Earth’s magnetic field from January to June 2014 as measured by ESA’s…

The 2014 Cansat teams

All the teams of the 2014 CanSat European Competition gathered at the entrance of the Andøya…