The atmosphere of Betelgeuse

This is the first direct image of a star other than the Sun, made with the…

Ring of stellar wildfire

NGC 1614, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope,  is an eccentrically-shaped galaxy ablaze with…

Salute to the Sun

Image: After four months of darkness, the Sun finally rises on 11 August at Concordia research…

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…