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