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Exoplanet WD 1856 b (artist’s concept)

Science & Exploration

Webb studies how a planet survived the death of its star

01/07/2026 1800 views 25 likes

Science & Exploration

XMM-Newton helps revise distance to outer spiral arms

01/07/2026 2090 views 40 likes

Euclid’s view of our galaxy’s bulge (16:9 cutout)

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart

24/06/2026 113143 views 184 likes

The BepiColombo mission team eagerly gathers at ESOC's Main Control Room waiting to receive signal confirmation of the successful shutdown of the spacecraft's solar electric propulsion system.

Enabling & Support

End of the blue glow: BepiColombo turns off solar electric …

24/06/2026 3727 views 58 likes

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (NIRSpec IFU)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds clues to ancient origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS

22/06/2026 4249 views 50 likes

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ESA's science fleet of Solar System explorers

28/05/2024 94913 views 360 likes
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ESA’s science fleet of cosmic observers

28/05/2024 25272 views 164 likes
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Exoplanet missions
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Black holes
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Launch: 2015 Europe’s first mission to Mercury

Europe’s first Red Planet orbiter

Deep space comet rendezvous mission

Launched: 1990 ESA contributed solar arrays and Faint Object Camera

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