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Anticrepuscular Rays Over Wyoming
What's happening over the horizon?
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1073
Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers.
A Message From Earth
What are these Earthlings trying to tell us?
On the Road to Carina
This rugged road through the dark Atacama Desert seems
At the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater
At the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater
NGC 5965 and NGC 5963 in Draco
These two spiral galaxies make a photogenic pair, found
A Sailing Stone in Death Valley
How did this big rock end up on this strange terrain?
Regional winners named in student Space Lab competition
European students are among the regional winners in the YouTube Space Lab student science competition, co-sponsored by ESA. The ultimate winners will have their experiment performed on the International Space Station, live-streamed to a global audience. Laser radar illuminates the way to deep space
This car was not snapped with a camera but scanned by a 3D imaging lidar, the laser equivalent of radar. ESA is developing the sensor as a navigation aid for exploring deep space. Meropes Reflection Nebula
Meropes Reflection Nebula
Space solutions for the Arctic
Policy, solutions and funding for new initiatives: ESA is joining forces at two events with decision-makers, universities, industry and users to map how space services can contribute to emerging challenges in the Arctic. At the forefront are climate change, transport safety and security, and sustainable exploitation. SpaceTweetup to highlight ATV mission
ESA and the French space agency, CNES, are inviting 60 Twitter followers to a joint European SpaceTweetup in Toulouse, France, for the docking of ATV Edoardo Amaldi to the International Space Station next month. The Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud
An Unusual Venusian Oval
Why would Venus appear oval?
aurorawatchuk: AuroraWatch detected minor geomagnetic activity, 2012-02-18 23:00:01UT.
aurorawatchuk: AuroraWatch detected minor geomagnetic activity, 2012-02-18 23:00:01UT.
Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars
The constellation of Orion holds much more than three stars in a row.
Swarm constellation heads north
The three satellites that make up ESA’s Swarm magnetic field mission were presented to the media today. Following a demanding testing programme, the satellites were displayed in the cleanroom before they are shipped to Russia for their July launch. Watch 'Cradle of humankind' on the Earth from Space programme
Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites.
A February Moon Halo
A February Moon Halo
At the Core of NGC 6752
This sharp Hubble Space Telescope view looks
