In this image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on September 16, fires can be seen burning on the west coast of the US, with…
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ESA’s AMPER (Advanced techniques for mesh reflector with improved radiation pattern performance) project’s prototype 2.6-m diameter metal-mesh antenna reflector represents a big step forward for…
Captured by GHGSat’s Claire mission on May 21, 2020, this image shows methane emissions from an onshore oil & gas facility in the Caspian Sea…
This magnificent galaxy, NGC 2835, resides near the head of the southern constellation of Hydra, the water snake. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee, and…
This artist’s impression represents small-scale concentrations of dark matter in the galaxy cluster MACSJ 1206. Astronomers measured the amount of gravitational lensing caused by this…
In this image, multiple fires can be seen in the states of California, Washington and Oregon – the areas hit hardest by the blazes –…
This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission on March 3, 2019, shows the Amazon River meandering through one of the most vital ecosystems in…
The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition will make a major contribution to Arctic climate science. Spearheaded by the Alfred…
The graphic shows the signal connecting the CONSERT instrument on Philae, on the surface of the comet, to the one on the Rosetta orbiter. The…
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft undergoes tests at its manufacturer Airbus in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in 2019. The white GNSS-RO instrument can be seen attached to…
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Kalirai Many colorful stars are packed close together in this image of the globular cluster NGC 1805, taken by the…
This image, acquired on August 11 by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, shows Eureka in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Eureka is inside the Arctic Circle,…
Europe’s Helicon Plasma Thruster offers plasma propulsion for small satellites. Credit: SENER A test firing of Europe’s Helicon Plasma Thruster, developed with ESA by SENER in…
On September 2 2020, Vega flight VV16 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to progressively deliver 53 light satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits at…
Artist’s view of Vega VV16 with the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser and SAT-AIS. Visible are the Zefiro-9 upper stage, the Attitude Vernier Upper…
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a galaxy named NGC 2188. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully The blue and orange stars of the faint…
The Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (ITMS) imaged here is a part of the Exospheric Mass Spectrometer (EMS) instrument that will detect lunar volatiles from both…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, located around 2400 light-years away. Credit:…
New observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense…
This spectacular image of galaxy NGC 2442 was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Smartt et al. This image…