Eye on debris

ESA operates its Optical Ground Station (OGS) at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, Spain, where a…

The motion of two million stars

This video reveals the changing face of our Galaxy, tracing the motion of two million stars…

The motion of two million stars

This video reveals the changing face of our Galaxy, tracing the motion of two million stars…

Ocean-surface currents

ESA’s Globcurrent project merges measurement such as sea-surface height and temperature, surface winds and gravity from…

Ocean-surface currents

ESA’s Globcurrent project merges measurement such as sea-surface height and temperature, surface winds and gravity from…

Let there be light

Technology image of the week: Laser testing at ESA

Let there be light

Technology image of the week: Laser testing at ESA

Two million stars in our Galaxy

The positions of two million stars in our Galaxy, based on data from the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric…

Two million stars in our Galaxy

The positions of two million stars in our Galaxy, based on data from the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric…

ESA laser testing

Laser testing in ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands. The Opto-Electronics Laboratory investigates devices that generate,…