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…

The floodwaters of Mars

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

Chasing comets VNR

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

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…

Skinsuit Kings College

Students from Kings College London, UK, wearing the 'Skinsuit' as subjects for a functional evaluation study.…

Guinea-Bissau and the Bissagos islands

The coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa is pictured in this image from the Landsat-8 satellite.…

Time-lapse film Soyuz flight VS06, with Gaia

Soyuz VS06, with Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December…