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MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 take to the skies

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched

13/08/2025 9374 views 52 likes

Model of the distribution of space debris around Earth

CREAM: avoiding collisions in space through automation

12/08/2025 7712 views 65 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin

07/08/2025 6313 views 52 likes

Asteroid (18805) Kellyday

First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit

06/08/2025 6214 views 63 likes

Mars Express views Acheron Fossae’s western fringes

Science & Exploration

When martian ground falls apart

06/08/2025 4596 views 69 likes

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

05/08/2025 4429 views 54 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 3517 views 56 likes

ESA Open Days 2025

Celebrating 50 years of ESA at Open Days 2025

01/08/2025 13517 views 214 likes

European forests

A troubling shift in Europe’s forest carbon balance

30/07/2025 3273 views 9 likes

NGC 6072 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula

30/07/2025 3471 views 15 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 7536 views 43 likes

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1

First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled

24/07/2025 2934 views 32 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-6B on route to launch site

Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sail

23/07/2025 3866 views 34 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 media briefing

23/07/2025 2254 views 39 likes

Deployment of largest Mars parachute on Earth

Science & Exploration

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

21/07/2025 9079 views 78 likes

First radargram from Juice’s RIME instrument

Science & Exploration

New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well

18/07/2025 6198 views 76 likes

Φsat-2 view of Bahia Blanca Estuary in Argentina

Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images

15/07/2025 4255 views 47 likes

Smile sees the light

Science & Exploration

Smile passes gruelling set of tests

15/07/2025 4132 views 40 likes

Ignis patch in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Ignis mission highlights

15/07/2025 5018 views 75 likes

Group picture of the signatories of the 50Y ESA Anniversary statement.

ESA Council receives Anniversary Statement

11/07/2025 979 views 4 likes

Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary

10/07/2025 7116 views 66 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

Enabling & Support

Europe's first deep-space optical communication link

10/07/2025 15903 views 93 likes

Space Rider model ready to drop

Enabling & Support

Closing the loop: new Space Rider drop test

09/07/2025 6454 views 43 likes

European Launcher Challenge visual

Enabling & Support

European Launcher Challenge: preselected challengers unveil…

07/07/2025 20887 views 112 likes

Southern Ocean sea ice

Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

04/07/2025 5680 views 54 likes

ESA observes interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

ESA tracks rare interstellar comet

03/07/2025 82852 views 503 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 5294 views 57 likes

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 take to the skies

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmos…

02/07/2025 7506 views 38 likes

Science & Exploration

A pinch of France in space

01/07/2025 3684 views 36 likes

MTG-S1 hosting Sentinel-4 encapsulation family photo

MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready…

30/06/2025 3966 views 45 likes

Asteroid - artist's impression

Will asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the Moon?

43213 views 72 likes

The global ocean conveyor belt

New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyor

26/06/2025 6553 views 47 likes

Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Earth tones on Mars

26/06/2025 5335 views 47 likes

Fire driving deforestation

Satellite records expose fire driving Gran Chaco transforma…

26/06/2025 3171 views 37 likes

High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b

Science & Exploration

Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

25/06/2025 38808 views 101 likes

Majuro, Marshal Islands, is at risk from sea-level rise

First sea-level records for coastal community protection

25/06/2025 2269 views 38 likes

Volcanic eruption Iceland

North Atlantic’s volcanic secrets – it’s about being thin

24/06/2025 2705 views 48 likes

Bolivian forest and landscape from Biomass

Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests …

23/06/2025 47254 views 144 likes

Director General Josef Aschbacher invites attendees at the International Paris Air Show to share some cake marking the 50th anniversary of the ESA Convention.

ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Four Highlights

19/06/2025 1593 views 18 likes

Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter

Science & Exploration

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

19/06/2025 24362 views 80 likes

Solar corona viewed by Proba-3’s ASPIICS

Enabling & Support

Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse

16/06/2025 38712 views 146 likes

A view of the ESA Exhibition at the International Paris Air Show, Le Bourget

Join ESA at the International Paris Air Show 2025

11/06/2025 3878 views 41 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 86851 views 141 likes

On 31 May, a live performance of The Blue Danube – often referred to as the ‘anthem of space’ – was transmitted by the European Space Agency (ESA) into the vastness of space. The event marked a double celebration: ESA’s 50th anniversary and the 200th birthday of the King of Waltz Johann Strauss II.

The Blue Danube Waltz sent into the stars

05/06/2025 2469 views 26 likes

MTG-Sounder satellite over the equator

Why MTG-S1 is a nowcasting game-changer

05/06/2025 5063 views 71 likes

Flyeye's view of the Andromeda galaxy

ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky

05/06/2025 8880 views 89 likes

ESA’s ocean training expedition arrives in Nice

Tall ship brings ESA ocean science training to Nice

04/06/2025 4151 views 32 likes

Sentinel-4 on MTG-S

A breath of fresh data: Sentinel-4 innovates for clean air

04/06/2025 2799 views 23 likes

ispace's RESILIENCE lander and TENACIOUS micro rover on the Moon

Enabling & Support

ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover

03/06/2025 8565 views 74 likes

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Science & Exploration

Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

02/06/2025 8514 views 63 likes

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