Galaxies – with a chance of asteroids

Have you ever been looking for one thing – at home or while browsing the web…

Luca Parmitano interview in Star City

On 20 July 2019 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will be launched to the International Space Station…

Spiral, elliptical, irregular

This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local Group — a collectiongrouping of over…

Lena River Delta

Earth observation image of the week: Copernicus Sentinel-1 captures the largest delta in the Arctic …

Earth from space: Lena River Delta

In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-1 takes us over the…

Ariane 5’s second launch of 2019

An Ariane 5 has delivered the T-16 and Eutelsat-7C telecom satellites into their planned orbits. …

Spaceship Concordia

Science for the benefit of space exploration does not only happen off planet. While some studies…

Connecting the dots: nitrogen dioxide over Siberian pipelines

New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal emissions of nitrogen dioxide along…

ESA launches new podcast for Beyond mission

What does a space mission sound like? Well, aside from the roaring of engines, the hum…

ESA celebrates Asteroid Day on 30 June

ESA will be participating in this year’s Asteroid Day, the UN-endorsed global awareness campaign day on…