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Webb: CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 in MACS J1149.5+2223

Science & Exploration

Webb spots greedy supermassive black hole in early Universe

19/11/2025 11577 views 84 likes

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars

14/11/2025 151696 views 216 likes

Artist's impression of an explosion on another star

Science & Exploration

First confirmed sighting of explosive burst on nearby star

12/11/2025 10818 views 69 likes

The patterns of Coloe Fossae: What a martian ice age left behind

Science & Exploration

What a martian ice age left behind

12/11/2025 4658 views 77 likes

Plato’s spacecraft is complete

Science & Exploration

Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests

09/10/2025 7157 views 50 likes

Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars

Science & Exploration

Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars

08/10/2025 9704 views 60 likes

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

Science & Exploration

ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS

07/10/2025 624776 views 831 likes

Enceladus jets and shadows

Science & Exploration

Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean

01/10/2025 28133 views 92 likes

Edge-on view of our galaxy's great wave

Science & Exploration

Gaia discovers our galaxy’s great wave

30/09/2025 19151 views 160 likes

Illustration of moon-forming disc

Science & Exploration

Webb studies moon-forming disc around massive planet

29/09/2025 2792 views 48 likes

Sagittarius B2 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb explores largest star-forming cloud in our galaxy

24/09/2025 6310 views 57 likes

Science & Exploration

XRISM uncovers a mystery in the cosmic winds of change

17/09/2025 3554 views 49 likes

Gaia sees stellar nurseries (animation still)

Science & Exploration

Fly through Gaia’s 3D map of stellar nurseries

16/09/2025 33844 views 95 likes

Plato sailing to the Netherlands by boat

Science & Exploration

Plato arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat

11/09/2025 4510 views 48 likes

Graphic indicating how Solar Orbiter let us see the connection between energetic electrons in space and their sources on the Sun

Science & Exploration

Double trouble: Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons ba…

01/09/2025 10261 views 68 likes

Webb's view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247

Science & Exploration

Dusty wisps round a dusty disc

29/08/2025 4215 views 68 likes

Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

27/08/2025 11128 views 82 likes

Stellar families in Gaia’s sky

Science & Exploration

Gaia proves our skies are filled with chains of starry gath…

26/08/2025 8758 views 53 likes

Science & Exploration

No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d

13/08/2025 5471 views 43 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin

07/08/2025 5543 views 52 likes

Mars Express views Acheron Fossae’s western fringes

Science & Exploration

When martian ground falls apart

06/08/2025 4116 views 69 likes

NGC 6072 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula

30/07/2025 2950 views 15 likes

First radargram from Juice’s RIME instrument

Science & Exploration

New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well

18/07/2025 5471 views 73 likes

Smile sees the light

Science & Exploration

Smile passes gruelling set of tests

15/07/2025 3309 views 40 likes

Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary

10/07/2025 6520 views 66 likes

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b triggers flares from its host star (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Clingy planets can trigger own doom, suspect Cheops and TESS

02/07/2025 4695 views 56 likes

Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Earth tones on Mars

26/06/2025 4503 views 47 likes

High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b

Science & Exploration

Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

25/06/2025 37764 views 101 likes

Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter

Science & Exploration

“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter

19/06/2025 23370 views 80 likes

Science & Exploration

Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins

17/06/2025 9847 views 46 likes

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun's south pole

Science & Exploration

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

11/06/2025 82533 views 137 likes

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Science & Exploration

Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

02/06/2025 6471 views 62 likes

Science & Exploration

Recipe for a ‘rocky road’ crater soaked in martian history

21/05/2025 3231 views 52 likes

Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

Science & Exploration

Titan forecast: partly cloudy with a chance of methane show…

14/05/2025 3227 views 58 likes

Close-up observations of auroras on Jupiter (December 2023)

Science & Exploration

Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora

12/05/2025 5089 views 51 likes

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato grows its many eyes

08/05/2025 5061 views 60 likes

Gaia spots odd star family

Science & Exploration

Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home

29/04/2025 8202 views 78 likes

Hubble celebrates 35 years

Science & Exploration

Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit

23/04/2025 6285 views 58 likes

No tricks, just treats (M83 MIRI image)

Science & Exploration

Webb spots clues of black hole at heart of nearby galaxy M83

17/04/2025 6214 views 24 likes

Science & Exploration

Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace

15/04/2025 2295 views 17 likes

Science & Exploration

From boring to bursting: a giant black hole awakens

11/04/2025 11784 views 72 likes

Acheron Fossae as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Martian rock on the move

09/04/2025 5323 views 75 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

Enabling & Support

Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 45610 views 142 likes

JADES-GS-z13-1 in the GOODS-S field (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb sees galaxy mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe

26/03/2025 4110 views 50 likes

The Cosmic Tornado / Herbig-Haro 49/50 (Webb telescope image)

Science & Exploration

Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado

24/03/2025 8188 views 60 likes

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

Science & Exploration

Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fi…

19/03/2025 89223 views 202 likes

Science & Exploration

Follow the reveal of Euclid’s first catalogue on 19 March

14/03/2025 9310 views 52 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Science & Exploration

Catch solar bursts in new citizen science project

11/03/2025 10822 views 97 likes

Perfect placement for Smile’s payload module

Science & Exploration

When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch

06/03/2025 2962 views 48 likes

Integral: gamma-ray observatory

Science & Exploration

Mission accomplished for Integral, ESA’s gamma-ray telescop…

28/02/2025 7362 views 74 likes

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