ESA is developing a new family of satellites, called Sentinels, specifically for the operational needs of…
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Space snack time with Samantha Cristoforetti
The astronauts on board the International Space Station get hungry from time to time during their…
Comet on 15 April 2015 (b) – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 15 April 2015…
Intense X-rays sculpt Thor’s neon-hued helmet
This brightly coloured scene shows a giant cloud of glowing gas and dust known as NGC…
Dust grains from Comet 67P
One of the target plates from Rosetta's Cometary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser (COSIMA), showing dust grains…
Elliptical galaxy IC 2006
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows an elliptical galaxy known as IC 2006. Massive elliptical…
Comet on 15 April 2015 – NavCam
This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 15 April 2015…
Central/southern Italy
Part of Italy’s Molise, Apulia and Campania regions are pictured in this radar composite image from…
Create your own mosaic – contest
The International Space Station has been invaded by alien… artwork! ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been…
AIM’s asteroid lander
Engineers recently began the preliminary design of ESA’s Asteroid Impact Mission mission concept and are including…