A Morphing Spiral Galaxy Amongst Friends
This image, taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), features the spiral galaxy NGC 4680. At 2 o’clock and 7 o’clock, two other galaxies…
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Quantum Communication in Space Advances
Keeping information secure in today’s interconnected world is becoming ever more important, so ESA is supporting efforts to ensure that future communications are kept confidential….
CryoSat Mission Reveals Massive Ice Loss From Glaciers in Alaska and Asia
As our climate warms, ice melting from glaciers around the world is one of main causes of sea-level rise. As well as being a major…
Hubble Captures Fantastic Detail of Eponymous Spiral Galaxy NGC 691
This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 691, imaged in fantastic detail by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). This galaxy is the eponymous member of…
Meet the World’s Largest Iceberg: A-76 Is Over 100 Miles Long
An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. The iceberg, dubbed A-76,…
Spectacular Image Captured by Hubble Shows a Strangely Contorted Spiral Galaxy
This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the trailing arms of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the…
Science Made Simple: Anatomy of Our Sun
Core This is where the Sun generates its energy. The temperature in the core is around 15 million degrees Celsius (27 million degrees Fahrenheit). This,…
Exploring Earth From Space: Spectacular View of the Great Lakes
All five of North America’s Great Lakes are pictured in this spectacular satellite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie,…
A Distant Spiral in Virgo: Extraordinary Detail Seen in a Galaxy 150 Million Light-Years Away From Earth
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, which is found in the constellation of Virgo and was first documented by William Herschel in 1785….
Exploring Earth From Space: Los Cabos, Mexico [Video]
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Los Cabos – a municipality on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Meaning ‘the capes’ in…
European Space Agency Advances Its Plan for Satellites Around the Moon
A bold proposal to create a commercially viable constellation of lunar satellites has taken a step closer. Two consortia of companies will be supported by…
Solar Orbiter Images First Coronal Mass Ejections – See the Stunning Videos From Multiple Instruments
Combining imagery from three of Solar Orbiter’s remote sensing instruments – the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI), the Metis coronagraph, and Solar Orbiter’s Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI)…
Artemis 1 Moon Mission: Getting Ready to Rocket
The pieces are stacking up for the launch of Artemis 1 mission around the Moon and back. The massive Space Launch Systems (SLS) rocket that…
A Menagerie of Galaxies: Hubble Captures a Cluster With Galaxies of All Shapes and Sizes
This packed ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week showcases the galaxy cluster ACO S 295, as well as a jostling crowd of background galaxies and foreground…
Exploring Earth From Space: Qeshm Island, Iran [Video]
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Qeshm Island – the largest island in Iran. Qeshm Island lies in the Strait of Hormuz, parallel to…
How to Keep Shared Spacesuit “Underwear” Clean?
Spacewalking is a major highlight of any astronaut’s career. But there is a downside: putting on your spacesuit means sharing some previously worn underlayers. A…
Cosmic Silver Lining: Hubble Spots V565 Surrounded by Four Prominent Diffraction Spikes
This Picture of the Week showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313. The bright star V565 — surrounded by four prominent diffraction spikes — illuminates a…
Exploring Earth From Space: Morbihan, France [Video]
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Morbihan – a French department in the south of Brittany. Brittany is an important cultural region in the…