EDRS-C is the second node of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). It is the first dedicated EDRS satellite as well as the first flight…
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(Click image for full view.) This image of Abu Dhabi was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on January 27, 2019. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus…
Artist’s impression of CHEOPS in orbit above Earth. In this view the satellite’s telescope cover is closed. Credit: ESA / ATG medialab While the planet…
Earth’s natural satellite taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during his Beyond mission on the International Space Station on 15 August 2019. Credit: ESA/NASA–L. Parmitano…
Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Sea ice and icebergs can be seen in the Nares Strait…
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 3895 as observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This swirling galaxy is far away in the Ursa Major constellation. Credit:…
Artist’s impression of Orion over the Moon. Orion is NASA’s next spacecraft to send humans into space. It is designed to send astronauts further into…
Gaia is an ambitious mission to chart a three-dimensional map of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, in the process revealing the composition, formation, and evolution…
A specific area in the Tarapacá Region, in northern Chile, where some of the largest caliche deposits can be found, is featured in this image…
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho This sparkling spiral galaxy looks almost stretched across the sky in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
The magnetic field is thought to be largely generated by an ocean of superheated, swirling liquid iron that makes up Earth’s the outer core 3000…
Artist’s depiction of the IKAROS spaceprobe (the first spacecraft to successfully demonstrate solar sail technology in interplanetary space) in flight. Credit: Andrzej Mirecki A tiny…
Credits: ESA/NASA/SOHO In late May and early June, Earthlings may be able to glimpse Comet SWAN. The comet is currently faintly visible to the unaided…
ESA’s light-studded Rover Autonomy Testbed seen during night testing in Tenerife, intended to simulate the low light environment of the lunar poles. Credit: Fernando Gandía/GMV…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives across the globe, Earth-observing satellites take the pulse of our planet from space. While the global lockdown has…
Unlike our geographic north pole, which is in a fixed location, magnetic north wanders. This has been known since it was first measured in 1831,…
Galaxy NGC 5861 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al. Approximately 85 million light-years from Earth, in the…
A composite view of the Abell 2384 system, comprising two galaxy clusters located 1.2 billion light years from Earth. A new study, based on data…
This image is an example of Level-2B Rayleigh wind velocity in meters per second over Europe on May 6, 2020, at 06:00 UTC. The image…
Setting up a future lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including…