What is the origin of the Moon?

The Moon has been circling the Earth for over four billion years, but where did it…

Lunar Exploration – ESA’s missions

50 years after the first human landed on the Moon, what is next? The exploration of…

Lunar Exploration – ESA’s missions

50 years after the first human landed on the Moon, what is next? The exploration of…

Messier Monday

This huge ball of stars — around 100 billion in total — is an elliptical galaxy…

Messier Monday

This huge ball of stars — around 100 billion in total — is an elliptical galaxy…

Earth from space: Gangotri Glacier

In the 300th edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over Gangotri,…

Gangotri, India

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Gangotri, one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas…

Gangotri, India

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Gangotri, one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas…

Earth from space: Gangotri Glacier

In the 300th edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over Gangotri,…

The wall of the world

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst reflects on his second International Space Station mission called Horizons by reading…