Earth vs. asteroids: humans strike back

Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left…

Week in images

Our week through the lens: 15 – 19 April 2019 Week in images Source: ESA Space…

Comet or cluster?

Most globular clusters are almost perfectly spherical collections of stars — but Messier 62 breaks the mould. The 12-billion-year-old cluster…

Comet or cluster?

Most globular clusters are almost perfectly spherical collections of stars — but Messier 62 breaks the mould. The 12-billion-year-old cluster…

Earth from space: Easter Island

In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over one of…

Easter Island

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of the most remote islands in the world:…

Happy Birthday Hubble!

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 29th birthday with this incredible view of the Southern Crab…

Southern Crab Nebula

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble…

Southern Crab Nebula

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble…

Luca Parmitano training for second mission

This Summer ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will fly to the International Space Station from the Baikonur…