Earth observation image of the week: the peninsulas and islands of the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar captured by Sentinel-2, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

Microbes carried to the edge of space during the Aug. 21 eclipse will be analyzed by NASA’s Ames Research Center and JPL.

Microbes carried to the edge of space during the Aug. 21 eclipse will be analyzed by NASA’s Ames Research Center and JPL.

Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July

Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July

Join us Friday, 28 July, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.  

Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4–5 cm.  

Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.  

Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4–5 cm.  

Cassini has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in producing complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.

Cassini has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in producing complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.

Human spaceflight image of the week: Soyuz is rolled out ahead of Vita mission launch

This may be the earliest supernova ever detected.

Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite shows vegetation bloom across the African Sahel with the coming of the rainy season

NASA’s WISE spacecraft, scanning the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, has delivered new insights about distant cometary wanderers.

What makes clouds drizzle? A new study overturns a common assumption about raindrop size.

What makes clouds drizzle? A new study overturns a common assumption about raindrop size.

NASA’s WISE spacecraft, scanning the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, has delivered new insights about distant cometary wanderers.

President of the CNES French Space Agency, Jean-Yves Le Gall, and ESA’s Josef Aschbacher discuss how cooperation will further benefit Earth observation activities and Copernicus

President of the CNES French Space Agency, Jean-Yves Le Gall, and ESA’s Josef Aschbacher discuss how cooperation will further benefit Earth observation activities and Copernicus

Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and crewmates Sergey Ryazansky and Randy Bresknik to the International Space Station, on 28 July, live from 16:45 CEST

NASA successfully observed the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 as it passed in front of a star — for two seconds.

As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding — so far — that the planet’s magnetic field has no discernable tilt.

The spacecraft was steady as they come. That has big implications for future science.

The spacecraft was steady as they come. That has big implications for future science.

As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding — so far — that the planet’s magnetic field has no discernable tilt.

New studies of volcanic deposits indicate our satellite’s interior contains more water than we thought.

Space Science Image of the Week: Record-breaking simulation reproduces large-scale structure of the Universe to prepare for Euclid mission

Our week through the lens: 17-21 July 2017

Our week through the lens: 17-21 July 2017

Explore the International Space Station with Google Street View and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet

Explore the International Space Station with Google Street View and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet

Now you can relive the historic flyby with these releases.

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-3 image over the Baltic Sea and surrounding countries, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a crater’s rim.

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a crater’s rim.

Join us Friday, 21 July, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

A new book explores the famed astronomer’s career and lifetime of searching the skies.

Like, say, a large asteroid or dwarf planet.

Operations image of the week: For ESA’s flight dynamics team, a simple, low-tech white board is a good way to track the progress of aerobraking manoeuvres at Mars

Or, what disintegrating planets tell us about solar system formation.

Technology image of the week: This test parachute deployed at supersonic velocity, demonstrating Europe’s capability to land safely from space

A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and night during a nine-day test campaign, gathering terabytes of data for follow-up analysis.

A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and night during a nine-day test campaign, gathering terabytes of data for follow-up analysis.

Keep your eyes on the skies with the Red Dots team.

A complex coordinated ‘dance’ between ESA and NASA deep-space tracking stations is following the international Cassini orbiter during its Grand Finale, 1.2 billion km away

A complex coordinated ‘dance’ between ESA and NASA deep-space tracking stations is following the international Cassini orbiter during its Grand Finale, 1.2 billion km away

This distant galaxy is a thousand times brighter than our own.

Space Science Image of the Week: Presenting the latest design of our Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice

New research finds the southern Amazon rainforest triggers its own rainy season. The finding highlights the close connection between the rainforest ecosystem and climate.

New research finds the southern Amazon rainforest triggers its own rainy season. The finding highlights the close connection between the rainforest ecosystem and climate.

This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars.

This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars.

Our week through the lens: 10-14 July 2017

Laser SETI will be the first all-sky-all-the-time SETI survey.

You won’t want to miss the best pictures we’ve ever taken of this Earth-sized storm.

Join us Friday, 14 July, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

The final days of the LISA Pathfinder mission are some of the busiest, as controllers make final tests and get ready to switch off the gravitational pioneer next Tuesday.

The final days of the LISA Pathfinder mission are some of the busiest, as controllers make final tests and get ready to switch off the gravitational pioneer next Tuesday.

No, Vesuvius is not erupting, but the wooded slopes of this iconic volcano are being ravaged by wildfires, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission

Why planetary scientists want to capture the sounds of an icy world.

Now you can find exoplanets while playing an online game.

A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA’s Mars Express.

A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA’s Mars Express.

Operations image of the week: The flight controllers who will operate BepiColombo on its ambitious mission to Mercury meet their robotic explorer

Images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval.

Images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval.

Technology image of the week: ESA’s GomX-4B CubeSat is on the way to launch this September

Each Galileo satellite must go through a rigorous test campaign to assure its readiness for space

Over the last few months, a chunk of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf has been hanging on precariously as a deep crack cut across the ice. Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a lump of ice more than twice the size of Luxembourg has now broken off, spawning one of the largest icebergs on record and changing the outline of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.

Over the last few months, a chunk of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf has been hanging on precariously as a deep crack cut across the ice. Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a lump of ice more than twice the size of Luxembourg has now broken off, spawning one of the largest icebergs on record and changing the outline of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.

While on the search for exoplanets, the team came across this tiny companion.

Take a closer look at the fast-spinning system that spawned an exoplanet we can image… but don’t understand.

The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain’s slope.

This science pass offered front-row seats to the planet’s most iconic feature, the Great Red Spot.

In the search for planets similar to our own, an important point of comparison is the planet’s density.

The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain’s slope.

This science pass offered front-row seats to the planet’s most iconic feature, the Great Red Spot.

In the search for planets similar to our own, an important point of comparison is the planet’s density.

Human spaceflight image of the week: Expedition 52 crew remember fellow cosmonauts at Red Square in Moscow

It’s basically a solar system without a sun.

The star too swift … the planet too far … so far, this system doesn’t make much sense.

Space Science Image of the Week: The BepiColombo spacecraft modules stacked up in launch configuration for the last time in Europe

Our week through the lens: 3-7 July 2017

Proxima Centauri b may not be alone out there.
The 2016 announcement of Proxima Centauri b was a watershed moment in exoplanet research. Not only had researchers found a potentially habitable Earth-mass planet, but it was at the nearest star to Earth. …

Life on Mars … does it exist? Depending on when you last checked in with news about the Red Planet, you could probably be convinced either way. As we discover more and more about the composition and planetary dynamics of Mars, there has been cau…

Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft heading to the Moon, Mars or beyond. By t…

Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft heading to the Moon, Mars or beyond. By t…

During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration.

Four ‘aquanauts’, including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA’s 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat 20 m underwater off the coast of the Florida Keys.

During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration.

Four ‘aquanauts’, including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA’s 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat 20 m underwater off the coast of the Florida Keys.

With the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite fully fledged and its data freely available, the task of monitoring and understanding our changing planet has been made that much easier. Seeing the effect spring has on our plant life is just one …

With the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite fully fledged and its data freely available, the task of monitoring and understanding our changing planet has been made that much easier. Seeing the effect spring has on our plant life is just one …

ESA’s Mercury spacecraft has passed its final test in launch configuration, the last time it will be stacked like this before being reassembled at the launch site next year.

ESA’s Mercury spacecraft has passed its final test in launch configuration, the last time it will be stacked like this before being reassembled at the launch site next year.

Evidence indicates giant planets form differently depending on their mass.

A new survey suggests that there may be one failed star for every successful one out there.

All eyes are on Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf as a deep crack continues to cut across the ice, leaving a huge chunk clinging on. When it eventually gives way, one of the largest icebergs on record will be set adrift. Even before the inevitable happens, ESA’s CryoSat mission can reveal some of the future berg’s vital statistics.

All eyes are on Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf as a deep crack continues to cut across the ice, leaving a huge chunk clinging on. When it eventually gives way, one of the largest icebergs on record will be set adrift. Even before the inevitable happens, ESA’s CryoSat mission can reveal some of the future berg’s vital statistics.

Technology image of the week: Drone testing inside ESA’s Hertz radio chamber

Human spaceflight image of the week: Citizen scientists help to grow crops in space

Watch Thursday’s media briefing on our mission to Mercury, 09:00 GMT (11:00 CEST). Ask questions on Twitter via #askESA