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Outburst in action
A short-lived outburst from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 29 July…
29 July outburst context
This image, taken on 12 April 2015 by the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera, identifies the source region…
Lightly thru space
Shining as brightly as the Moon in a clear Spanish night, new LED lighting installed at…
The organic comet
On 13 August Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reaches its closest point to the Sun (perihelion) and the Rosetta…
Comet on 6 August 2014 and 6 August 2015
What a difference a year can make. Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014,…
Exams at Star City
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen (right) and his Soyuz TMA-18M crewmates Sergei Volkov (centre) and Aidyn Aimbetov…
Little gem
This colourful bubble is a planetary nebula called NGC 6818, also known as the Little Gem…
Danube River
The Danube river forming the border of Romania to the north and Bulgaria to the south,…
Mars seen from space
Full-orbit movies produced from Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) images acquired as part of ESA's #VMC Schools…