The curious case of calcium-rich supernovae

This image, captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the spiral…

A ghostly galaxy lacking dark matter

NGC 1052-DF2 resides about 65 million light-years away in the NGC 1052 Group, which is dominated…

ESA reentry expertise

Every week, on average, a substantial, inert satellite drops into our atmosphere and burns up. Monitoring…

Earth from Space: Egg Island

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

Egg Island, Bahamas

When it comes to eggs, most of us are probably thinking of the chocolate variety that…

SPAC3 artwork

A compilation of public contributions to the SPAC3 social artwork project. They were made using ‘SPAC3’…

Low-altitude parachute drop test footage and commentary

Watch the first ExoMars low-altitude parachute drop test with commentary from experts. The video features footage…

Proba-1 pyramid spotting

Technology image of the week: ESA’s longest Earth-observing mission surveys Egypt’s famous pyramids

Proba-1 pyramid spotting

Technology image of the week: ESA’s longest Earth-observing mission surveys Egypt’s famous pyramids

Spotted in space

In the next few days, an unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the…