COVID-19 drug research and bio-mining launching to the International Space Station

For the past 20 years, astronauts have been performing experiments on the International Space Station. Science…

Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New…

Earth from Space: Banks Peninsula

Video: 00:03:16 This week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image…

Cosmic wonderland

This large expanse of space captured with the Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy SDSSJ225506.80+005839.9. Unlike…

Contract signed for new Copernicus ROSE-L mission

ESA and Thales Alenia Space have today signed a contract to develop the new high-priority Copernicus…

Galileo satellites help rescue Vendée Globe yachtsman

A sailor in the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world yacht race faced disaster in the Southern Ocean as…

Hubble Captures Fading of the Stingray Nebula

Astronomers have caught a rare glimpse of a rapidly fading shroud of gas around an aging…

Exploring Gaia's 2020 data release

New details of our Milky Way galaxy are being revealed in Gaia’s Early Data Release 3.…

The colour of the sky from Gaia’s Early Data Release 3

The colour of the sky from Gaia’s Early Data Release 3 Click here for…

Gaia’s new data takes us to the Milky Way’s anticentre and beyond

The motion of stars in the outskirts of our galaxy hints at significant changes in the…