Week in images: 27-31 January 2020

Week in images: 27-31 January 2020 Discover our week through the lens. Click…

Solar Orbiter operations simulations

ESA’s Solar Orbiter is getting ready for its launch on an Atlas V rocket provided by…

Earth from Space: Lake George

Video: 00:03:07 Ahead of World Wetlands Day, celebrated internationally each year on 2 February, this week’s…

Lake George, Uganda

Image: World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary…

Bars and baby stars

The galaxy depicted in this Picture of the Week is a barred spiral known as NGC 7541, seen here as…

One step closer to prospecting the Moon

The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and…

3D-printed block of moondust

Image: The hollow cell structure of this 1.5 tonne block, 3D printed from simulated lunar dust,…

From Antarctica to space: telemedicine at the limit

ESA is working with Argentina to test telemedicine device Tempus Pro in the harsh conditions of…

Cosmic caller goes out with a bang

Image: On 21 January, a foreign body crashed to Earth causing a cascade of bright light…

Solar Orbiter launch to the Sun

ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission takes a closer look at the Sun than any European satellite before.…