Sentinel-2A with solar wing

Sentinel-2A at IABG’s environmental test facilities in Ottobrunn, Germany. Following its delivery in early August 2014,…

Patch celebrating 50 years of European cooperation in space floating in the Cupola of the ISS

Patch, celebrating the anniversary of the construction of Europe as a space power and 50 years…

Magnetar discovered close to supernova remnant Kesteven 79

Massive stars end their life with a bang, exploding as supernovas and releasing massive amounts of…

Training at JSC

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen updates us on his latest training in preparation for his mission to…

ATV-5 launch campaign

This time-lapse video shows the ATV-5 Georges Lemaitre loading process and its integration on the Ariane 5 launcher…

Take a step back to see the whole picture

Sometimes it requires a step back in order to see a pattern...#BlueDot Image taken by ESA…

Light and dark

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a variety of intriguing cosmic phenomena. Surrounded by…

“Rosetta, are we there yet?” competition mosaic

"Rosetta, are we there yet?" mosaic comprising a selection of the photos submitted to the competition,…

Thank you “Rosetta, are we there yet?” participants

Compilation of entries received as part of the “Rosetta, are we there yet?” photo contest.

Supernova explosion

Astronomers studying SN2014J, a Type Ia supernova discovered in January 2014, have found proof that this…