ESA’s XMM-Newton has found a wind of high-speed gas streaming from the centre of a bright spiral galaxy like our own that may be reducing its ability to produce new stars.
Tag: ESA
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Exposed ice on Rosetta’s comet confirmed as water
Observations made shortly after Rosetta’s arrival at its target comet in 2014 have provided definitive confirmation of the presence of water ice.
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DG media briefing
Watch media briefing with ESA Director General Jan Woerner on Friday 15 December, from ESA headquarters. Streaming starts at 09:00 CET -
Testing LISA Pathfinder
While the spacecraft is en route to its operational orbit, scientists and engineers are checking that everything on LISA Pathfinder is working well. Watch how they trained for that -
Launch tower
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Inside a rocket launch tower in Sweden -
Making a mirror
The James Webb Space Telescope is rapidly taking shape, with 12 of the 18 mirror segments now installed -
Dark pools on Titan
Space Science Image of the Week: Cassini–Huygens has discovered much about Saturn’s moon Titan, including pools of liquid methane and ethane on its surface -
The future of 3D printing
Watch materials technology specialist Tommaso Ghidini’s talk from the inaugural TEDxESA event -
Exit Envisat
Technology image of the week: dismantling a replica of Europe’s largest environmental satellite -
Northern lights
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Aurora borealis seen during recent suborbital launch -
Tim Peake set for spacewalk
ESA astronaut Tim Peake and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra will exit the International Space Station next week to repair a power unit on the outside.
