Watch the replay of the full Sentinel-2A launch coverage from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 23 June To source
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Sampit, Indonesia
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A image of the Indonesian island of Borneo, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
ESA invites ideas to cut space debris creation
Tomorrow’s satellites must evolve – because the space they operate in is changing. New regulations on cutting space debris are influencing satellite design, and ESA is reaching out to satellite builders. To source
ESA heading towards removing space debris
ESA’s goal of removing a derelict satellite from orbit is picking up pace, as a mission design is assembled to be put before European ministers next year for approval. To source
Selfies with Earth
Space Science Image of the Week: Fifteen years ago, XMM-Newton took a series of mesmerising self-portraits with our planet To source
Magnetic Orion
Planck portrays stellar birth and magnetic turbulence in the Orion Molecular Cloud To source
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 27 April – 1 May 2015 To source
Hubble 25
Celebrating 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope, this montage presents the incredible range of images that have helped to shape our view of the Universe To source
Rosetta latest results
Replay of the Rosetta mission science briefing at the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, on Tuesday 14 April To source
ESA’s planetary defence test set for 2020
If an asteroid were spotted headed towards Earth, what could humanity do about it? ESA’s latest mission is part of a larger international effort to find out. To source
Mars hills hide icy past
A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to hide large quantities of water-ice. To source
Beagle-2 lander found on Mars
The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet. To source
Ten years at Titan
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the pioneering Huygens mission to Saturn’s moon Titan, the first successful landing on an outer Solar System world To source