Scientists discover the first multi-planet system in which the equator of the host star is misaligned…
Planck cruise to L2
Animation of the spin-stabilised Planck spacecraft during the cruise toward its final destination: an operational orbit…
Planck’s view of the Universe
This animation highlights some of the many discoveries made by ESA’s Planck space telescope over its…
Gaia sunshield deployment time lapse sequence
A time lapse sequence, at 7 times actual speed, showing the deployment of Gaia's sunshield during…
Earth from Space: Amazon
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The Amazon…
Astronomers discover lone exoplanet
It’s a bizarre conundrum. Some scientists suggest that a vast number of planets in our galaxy…
Facebook tries to have it both ways on teen privacy
Facebook on Wednesday announced it was making it possible for teenage users of the social network…
SpaceX rocket ‘leaps’ 750m into the air and lands vertically on the same launch pad
Elon Musk just has to be different. First there was the billionaire’s theoretical Hyperloop transportation system,…
High Above Saturn
This portrait looking down on Saturn and its rings was created from images obtained by NASA's…
Northern Lights Viewed From the International Space Station
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, aboard the International Space Station, shared this picture of the northern lights on…