Perseid meteor captured by ESA’s Canary Islands camera

A Perseid meteor captured by the LIC1 camera of the Canary Long-Baseline Observatory (CILBO) on Tenerife in the…

Perseid showers captured by ESA’s meteor camera

The LIC1 camera of the Canary Long-Baseline Observatory (CILBO) on Tenerife captured the peak of the…

Mauritius oil spill

Image: Satellite images are being used to monitor the oil spill off the coast of Mauritius. …

Meet the Experts: Robots in space

Will robots replace humans one day? When it comes to space exploration, robots are our precursors,…

Week in images: 03-07 August 2020

Week in images: 03-07 August 2020 Discover our week through the lens Click…

ESA’s ‘first’ satellite: COS-B

This weekend sees the 45th anniversary of the launch of Cos-B, the first satellite to be…

Seeing near and far

The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its best side from 270 million light-years…

Cluster’s 20 years of studying Earth’s magnetosphere

Despite a nominal lifetime of two years, ESA’s Cluster is now entering its third decade in…

Thomas and Matthias astro chats: space photography

Join ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,…

Satellites provide crucial data on crops during COVID-19

Millions of people around the world face hunger every day, and unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is…