Weighing the planet-forming disc around a nearby star

The 10 million-year-old star TW Hydrae is surrounded by a dense disc of planet-forming materials. Using…

Testing adhesives for solar cells

Samples for a test campaign evaluating a new European cover glass adhesive for solar cells. The…

Comet-like ionosphere at Venus

The change in ionosphere of Venus during normal solar wind conditions (left) and reduced solar wind…

Hubble watches the lights go out

Galaxy 2MASX J09442693+0429569 imaged by Hubble. This elliptical galaxy has entered a transitional phase from a…

Cool Andromeda

ESA Herschel space observatory image of Andromeda (M31) using both PACS and SPIRE instruments to observe…

Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic Circle

This Envisat image from 19 March 2012 shows the elongated islands of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago…

ATV-4 in Kourou

ATV Albert Einstein is further prepared for launch at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The…

ATV-4 in scaffolding

ATV Albert Einstein is further prepared for launch at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. In…

ATV-4 integration

ATV Albert Einstein is further prepared for launch at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. When…

ATV-4 integration underway

ATV Albert Einstein is further prepared for launch at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The…