The Nhamundá River, Brazil

Part of the Amazon Basin in northern Brazil is pictured in this image from the Japanese…

ESA Euronews: Planck maps the dawn of time

Scientists have traced a unique new map of the first light of the universe, and raised…

Earth from Space: Nhamundá

Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The Nhamundá…

Planck CMB

The anisotropies of the Cosmic microwave background (CMB) as observed by Planck. The CMB is a…

Replay: Planck’s Cosmic Microwave Background map Media Briefing

Media representatives were briefed on the first cosmology data release from ESA's Planck mission including Planck’s…

Replay of Planck media briefing – Part 2

Part 2: Media briefing briefing for science specialists on the first cosmology data release from ESA's…

Troubleshooters

Seen from left to right: engineers Jürgen Eisenbraun, Carl Hall, George Varewijck, Stéphane Roure at ESA's…

MAXI J1659­–152

MAXI J1659–152 is a rapidly spinning binary system comprising a black hole more than three times…

Power spectrum of temperature fluctuations in the CMB

This animation explains how the wealth of information that is contained in the all-sky map of…

Space weather aurora

The Northern Lights – Aurora Borealis – above Finnish Lapland near Sodankylä during ESA’s space weather…