March 12, 2025 — The European Space Agency, in partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), has inaugurated its high-performance computing (Space HPC) environment at ESRIN, Italy. The opening, on Wednesday 12 March, marks a milestone in ESA’s mission to push the boundaries of innovation for European space activities, according to the agency. The ceremony was […]
Video: Stunning Simulation Shows Comet in the Solar Wind
August 27, 2015 by
In what has to be one of the most beautiful simulations I’ve ever seen, this video from the European Space Agency shows simulated interaction of solar winds with 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the famous comet targeted the Rosetta mission. “The simulated conditions represent those expected at 1.3 AU from the Sun, close to perihelion, where the comet is strongly active.”
