NGC 4258, a galaxy about 23 million light years away, is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. To source
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Exploring the Night Sky with Hubble’s Caldwell Catalog
This loose collections of stars, known as an open star cluster, is image 100 of the Caldwell catalog. To source
ESA highlights 2019
Video: 00:05:00 As the year comes to a close, it is once again time to look back and reflect on some of the achievements and highlights of European spaceflight. The new Gaia star catalogue and the launch of Cheops are keeping ESA at the forefront of space science, as will Solar Orbiter, being prepared for […]
Astronaut Christina Koch Poised to Make History Again
NASA astronaut Christina Koch makes observations from the International space Station’s cupola. To source
Morocco's Anti-Atlas Mountains
The Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about 80 million years ago. To source
Stellar Snowflake Cluster
The newly revealed infant stars appear as pink and red specks toward the center and appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals along linear structures. To source
Orbiting the Sun together
On 6 February, ESA’s #SolarOrbiter will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in the USA on a mission to study the Sun up-close. To source
Year in images
Enjoy a recap of 2019 with our year in images. To source
Vacancy for the post of Director of Telecommunications
The European Space Agency is currently looking for a new Director of Telecommunications to join its executive board and support the Director General, with responsibility for relevant ESA programmes and overall objectives. To source
Receding ice
Image: Ice capping the northern hemisphere terrain of Mars slowly recedes as summer progresses, revealing the underlying surface. This scene was captured by the CaSSIS camera onboard ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter as it flew over the ice-coated Korolev crater on 1 November 2019. Korolev crater is an 80 km-wide crater in the northern latitudes […]
Ice-filled crater
Image: The rim of this ice-rich crater catches the early morning sunlight in the high northern latitudes of Mars, imaged by the CaSSIS camera onboard ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter on 26 October 2019. This image features a simple 7 km-wide bowl-shaped crater pictured in the early morning. The sunlight falling on the ice deposits […]
Ice-coated crater
Image: This view may resemble a snowy scene observed from an airplane flying over Earth’s mountain ranges, but it is in fact a spectacular scene captured by the CaSSIS camera onboard ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, as it flew over the ice-coated Korolev crater on 21 August 2019. Korolev is an 80 km-wide […]
Permanent ice
Image: Many craters in the polar regions of Mars hold permanent ice deposits year-round. In this image, taken by the CaSSIS camera onboard ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, the south-eastern wall of a 35 km-wide crater is seen. The image captures its permanent deposits of water ice, which survive the summer months due to the […]