Snow-clad Kraków

The snow-covered southern Polish city of Kraków is pictured in this image from the Kompsat-2 satellite.…

ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain meets the media

ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain met with media at the traditional start-of-year briefing on the activities…

Rosetta taking wing

Technology image of the week: ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta, due to awaken in deep space next week,…

Rosetta taking wing

Technology image of the week: ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta, due to awaken in deep space next week,…

Rosetta’s solar wing deployment

As of January 2014, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft is far in deep space, preparing for its scheduled…

Rosetta’s solar wing deployment

As of January 2014, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft is far in deep space, preparing for its scheduled…

Chasing comets VNR

For centuries astronomers have chased comets across the skies, looking for clues as to the origins…

The floodwaters of Mars

Ten years ago, on 14 January 2004, Mars Express took its very first images of Mars…

The abstract science of the dynamic Sun

The placid appearance of the Sun's surface belies a hot fireball of plasma in constant turmoil.…

Rosetta – the story so far

This short movie tells the story of Rosetta's journey through the Solar System so far, through…