Hubble’s sharpest view of the Orion Nebula

This dramatic image offers a peek inside a 'cavern' of dust and gas where thousands of…

Huygens on Titan – 1 Year Later

Since 18 months, Cassini and Huygens have been providing otherworldly images of Saturn and its stable…

ESA SOHOs ten-year triumph

Thanks to one of the most productive spacecraft ever built, scientists are far better acquainted with…

ESA IMPRESS Project

The IMPRESS project saw the first launch of an experimental payload, the Electromagnetic Levitator, onboard an…

Earth from Space: Eastern US

Aircraft condensation trails or ‘contrails’ are clearly visible slicing across the East Coast of the United…

Earth from Space: Caspian Sea

This Envisat image shows the southern part of the oil-rich Caspian Sea, starting point of a…

Mars Express Radar Data

The Mars Express radar, MARSIS, has now been deployed for more than four months. Here we…

Pirate Protection Via Satellite

A satellite surveillance zone within the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish…

Supergiant X-ray Binary Stars

ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has discovered a new, highly populated class of X-ray fast ‘transient’ binary…

New ISS Education Resource

The ISS Education Team today launches a new product: the ISS Education Kit on the web.…