A jewel in the queen’s hair

This Picture of the Week shows the jewel-bright spiral galaxy NGC 4689, which lies 54 million light-years from Earth in the…

ESA’s Solar Orbiter traces solar wind to its source

Science & Exploration 28/05/2024 94 views 3 likes ESA’s Solar Orbiter made the first ever connection…

Earth from Space: Changing Iceland in colour

Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is featured in this colourful radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1. Zoom in…

ESA – Last look at EarthCARE

ESA’s EarthCARE satellite being encapsulated with in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fairing, which protects the…

ESA – Last look at EarthCARE

ESA’s EarthCARE satellite being encapsulated with in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fairing, which protects the…

Earth from Space: Namibian landforms

This image may resemble the surface of Mars, but it was actually captured by the Copernicus…

AI in Earth observation: a force for good

When it comes to AI, hopes and fears abound in equal measure. In this video, ESA…

Getting ready to fuel EarthCARE

The EarthCARE propulsion team is getting ready to carry out the task of fuelling the satellite. …

ESA – ZS7 environment (NIRcam image)

This image shows the environment of the galaxy system ZS7 from the JWST PRIMER programme (PI:…

Hera plus one: enter the CubeSat

The rectangular, radar-bearing Juventas CubeSat seen part-deployed from the top of its Hera mission mothership, inside…