Introducing ESA’s new high-performance computing

The high-performance computing (HPC) environment will be available for scientific research and technological development activities, supporting…

Flow through Cosmic Tornado Herbig-Haro 49/50

This video offers a special visualisation of Herbig-Haro 49/50 data, as seen by the NASA/ESA/CSA James…

ESA – ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot from France, a member of the ESA Astronaut Class of 2022, was…

Watch wind whirl from the Sun

Aside from sunlight, the Sun sends out a gusty stream of particles called the solar wind.…

IRIDE first image over Italy

This video shows the first image from the Italian Earth observation satellite mission, IRIDE. The high-resolution…

Webb spies a spiral through a cosmic lens

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an…

ESA’s Gaia spacecraft leaves for retirement orbit

From 25 July 2014 to 15 January 2025, the Gaia space observatory performed high-precision measurements of…

Final commands sent to Gaia

The final commands sent to Gaia. This is the last time that the spacecraft heard from…

Proba-3 mission team in the ESEC control room

Two spacecraft flying as one – that is the goal of European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission.…

IRIDE in action: first image over Italy

Here we see a rendered animation showing the Italian Earth observation satellite, Pathfinder Hawk, capturing its…