Salar de Atacama, Chile

From the Salar de Atacama salt flat in the east to the Cordillera Domeyko mountains in…

Paolo and crew

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left) with his Soyuz crewmates, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (centre) and Russian…

Paolo and crew

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left) with his Soyuz crewmates, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (centre) and Russian…

A meteoroid as seen from the Space Station… make a wish!

A series of night-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 5 November around…

A meteoroid as seen from the Space Station… make a wish!

A series of night-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 5 November around…

Sirenum Fossae fractures

Colour view of the Sirenum Fossae fracture system on Mars, located about 1800 km southwest of…

Sirenum Fossae fractures

Colour view of the Sirenum Fossae fracture system on Mars, located about 1800 km southwest of…

Gaia: How to find a star cluster

It's the perfect meeting of old and new. Astronomers have combined recent data from ESA's Gaia…

Gaia: How to find a star cluster

It's the perfect meeting of old and new. Astronomers have combined recent data from ESA's Gaia…

Autumn fireball

On 14 November 2017 at about 16:45 GMT a football-sized meteoroid entered Earth’s atmosphere about 50…