Space & Astronomy resources

Supported by the European Space Agency, European Southern Observatory and CERN we are pleased to bring an array of Space related resources to our Ecsite members.

Watch this space for more news coming in June 2026

ESO Supernova has long been a member of Ecsite. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is the intergovernmental astronomical research organisation.


Thanks to the team at ESO Supernova, in 2026 we will be providing curated resources which are free to use in any Museums or Science Centres, Q&As with scientists for staff of member organisations and much more.


Resources will take the form of Planetarium films, photos, interpretation and even communication materials.



If you are an Ecsite member and would like to contribute to any of these activities email us at members@ecsite.eu. 

If you would like to hear more about sponsoring these activities, email us at partner@ecsite.eu.

Ecsite is the European association of science centres, museums, natural history museums, science festivals, aquariums, science communication faculties and all other organisations which communicate science with the public globally. 

Exhibition Materials

  • How did Earth become the Blue Planet? - LINK
  • How did the moon form? - LINK
  • How do planets move? - LINK
  • How hot is it on Mercury? - LINK

  • How is Jupiter protecting us? - LINK

  • Is there ife on Mars? - LINK

  • Want to know more about the Solar System? - LINK

  • What about Pluto? - LINK

  • What are Saturn's rings made of? - LINK

  • What is a planet - LINK
  • What is hifing under the clouds of Venus? - LINK

  • What is the difference between asteroids and comets? - LINK

  • What makes the Earth suitable for life? - LINK
  • What's in our Solar System? - LINK
  • Where does the Solar System end? - LINK

  • Why is Neptune blue? - LINK

  • Why is Uranus tilted? - LINK

Planetariums Clips

  • A heliocentric view - LINK
  • Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disc - LINK
  • Artist’s impression of Mars four billion years ago - LINK
  • Aurora around one of the Earth's poles - LINK
  • Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System - LINK
  • Comparing the Earth to the Sun - LINK
  • Curiosity rover landing fulldome - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Asteroids - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Europa and Io - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Jupiter - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Jupiter and the Great Red Spot - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Kuiper belt objects (KBO) - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Mercury - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — MESSENGER and Mercury - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Moon 360 Panoramas - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Neptune - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Pluto - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Titan - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Uranus - LINK
  • "From Earth to the Universe" — Venus - LINK
  • Fulldome video of Mars - LINK

  • Fulldome of Earth - LINK

  • Journey to the Birth of the Solar System - LINK
  • Saturn - LINK
  • The Earth from space - LINK
  • The Earth in the centre - LINK
  • The planetarium show "From Earth to the Universe" v2 - LINK

Other Resources

Chasing Starlight videos:

  • How did the Earth form? - LINK
  • Tracking dangerous asteroids - LINK
  • Witnessing the dawn of a new solar system - LINK

ESO Blog:

  • How old is our water? - LINK

ESOCast videos:

  • ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System - LINK
  • Neptune's dark spot detected from Earth - LINK
  • NEOs — Near Earth Objects - LINK

Hands-on activities:

  • astroEDU / The Solar System - LINK

Science in School articles:

  • The Eratosthenes experiment: calculating the Earth’s circumference - LINK
  • To Jupiter’s icy moons: Juice’s odyssey of exploration - LINK

Space Scoop articles:

  • Can this icy fossil tell if there is a planet nine in our Solar System? - LINK
  • Can this spacecraft land on a tiny space rock? - LINK
  • How Do Planets Really Form? - LINK
  • Insightful Eruptions - LINK
  • Saturn, Super Shields and Solar Storms - LINK
  • The Mystery of the Shrinking Storm - LINK
  • Venus Photobombs Earth from Space - LINK
  • What did our Solar System look like as a baby? - LINK


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