This computer-generated perspective view of a network of short valleys feeding Palos crater was created using…
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Trough feeding Amenthes Planum
Computer-generated perspective view of the southeastern corner of the volcanic plains of Amenthes Planum, This view…
Silicon wafers etched with integrated circuits for space missions
A beautiful and expensive sight: upwards of €6 million-worth of silicon wafers, crammed with the complex…
Monthly sea ice volume
Time-series of monthly Arctic sea ice volume from CryoSat (red circles) and from PIOMAS (solid line)…
Navigating in space
ESA’s Flight Dynamics team uses cutting-edge computational techniques to plan, determine and control complex spacecraft trajectories.…
ESA’s Rosetta lander Philae landing on the nucleus of a comet
The challenge of landing on a comet is not to bounce away again. Philae lands on…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft in orbit around a comet
Rosetta is the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It is the first spacecraft to observe…
Hot interior of the Eskimo Nebula
Hot X-ray-emitting gas detected by ESA’s XMM-Newton reveals the Eskimo’s blue face shining at 2 million…
Hubble’s “Flying V”
This large “flying V” is actually two distinct objects — a pair of interacting galaxies known…