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Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse after recovery

Week in images: 08-12 June 2026

12/06/2026 1228 views 31 likes

Week in images: 01-05 June 2026

05/06/2026 2428 views 40 likes

Journey to the centre of a galaxy cluster

Week in images: 25-29 May 2026

29/05/2026 3402 views 79 likes

The sandy and rocky terrain of the Sahara desert in central Algeria is featured in these images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Week in images: 18-22 May 2026

22/05/2026 1868 views 41 likes

This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, gives us a glimpse of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, sprawling for 40 km along this high-altitude valley in the Andes.

Week in images: 11-15 May 2026

15/05/2026 2024 views 48 likes

Week in images: 04-08 May 2026

08/05/2026 2751 views 58 likes

Mekong River, Cambodia

Week in images: 27 April - 01 May 2026

01/05/2026 2133 views 39 likes

Close-up of Plato’s cameras

Week in images: 20-24 April 2026

24/04/2026 2263 views 50 likes

Week in images: 13-17 April 2026

17/04/2026 2383 views 42 likes

Orion and its European Service Module bringing the crew around the Moon and back to Earth

Week in images: 06-10 April 2026

10/04/2026 7080 views 152 likes

The image from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows a Saharan dust storm over the Atlantic Ocean, with the Canary Islands visible off the coast of Morocco.

Week in images: 30 March - 03 April 2026

03/04/2026 2951 views 51 likes

Crab Nebula (2024 Hubble image)

Week in images: 23-27 March 2026

27/03/2026 2407 views 47 likes

First picture from Cupola by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during the εpsilon mission

Week in images: 16-20 March 2026

20/03/2026 1284 views 49 likes

Week in images: 09-13 March 2026

13/03/2026 3725 views 99 likes

Counting craters in Mars’s ancient highlands

Week in images: 02-06 March 2026

06/03/2026 2166 views 49 likes

Webb Examines Cranium Nebula

Week in images: 23-27 February 2026

27/02/2026 2777 views 60 likes

Proba-2's view from Earth orbit of an annular solar eclipse

Week in images: 16-20 February 2026

20/02/2026 2147 views 42 likes

For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission sends love from space, capturing the heart-shaped oasis of Faiyum, just south of Cairo, Egypt.

Week in images: 09-13 February 2026

13/02/2026 2058 views 39 likes

Overhead perspective of Flaugergues Crater

Week in images: 02-06 February 2026

06/02/2026 2407 views 46 likes

COSMOS Field MoM-z14 Galaxy (NIRCam pullout)

Week in images: 26-30 January 2026

30/01/2026 3191 views 70 likes

Unleashing a solar flare

Week in images: 19-23 January 2026

23/01/2026 2809 views 40 likes

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once the world’s largest. The unusually cloud-free image shows the first signs that the iceberg will soon disintegrate completely.

Week in images: 12-16 January 2026

16/01/2026 3090 views 74 likes

This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 6 January 2026, shows Amsterdam in the Netherlands blanketed in snow.

Week in images: 05-09 January 2026

09/01/2026 4975 views 90 likes

Year in images 2025

Year in images 2025

22/12/2025 7326 views 149 likes

Dwarf stars in a glittering sky

Week in images: 15-19 December 2025

19/12/2025 2652 views 39 likes

GRB 250314A Pull-out (NIRCam image)

Week in images: 08-12 December 2025

12/12/2025 3041 views 53 likes

30 years of SOHO imaging the Sun

Week in images: 01-05 December 2025

05/12/2025 4814 views 62 likes

Ministers and high-level representatives gather for ESA's Ministerial Council

Week in images: 24-28 November 2025

28/11/2025 1449 views 32 likes

SOHO observes Comet 3I/ATLAS

Week in images: 17-21 November 2025

21/11/2025 1380 views 30 likes

3D-printed space metal under microscope

Week in images: 10-14 November 2025

14/11/2025 1617 views 44 likes

Week in images: 03-07 November 2025

07/11/2025 5025 views 122 likes

The Red Spider Nebula (Webb)

Week in images: 27-31 October 2025

31/10/2025 2558 views 50 likes

First image of nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-4

Week in images: 20-24 October 2025

24/10/2025 5514 views 79 likes

The changing face of the Chilean glaciers in the Laguna San Rafael National Park is featured in these satellite images from 1987 and 2024.

Week in images: 13-17 October 2025

17/10/2025 5745 views 100 likes

ExoMars TGO catches a dust devil on Mars

Week in images: 06-10 October 2025

10/10/2025 7833 views 123 likes

Heads of space agencies and offices met at the IAF Global Space Leaders Summit alongside IAC 2025 on 30 September 2025.

Week in images: 29 September - 3 October 2025

03/10/2025 3447 views 62 likes

Typhoon Ragasa seen from space

Week in images: 22-26 September 2025

26/09/2025 1702 views 51 likes

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures a cloud-free view over the island of Komodo in southeastern Indonesia.

Week in images: 15-19 September 2025

19/09/2025 2766 views 40 likes

From Antarctica’s Concordia Station, the crew captured the 8 September 2025 total lunar eclipse, while ESA-sponsored doctor Nina Purvis studies human adaptation to extreme conditions for future Moon and Mars missions.

Week in images: 08-12 September 2025

12/09/2025 2148 views 49 likes

A galaxy with lots to see

Week in images: 01-05 September 2025

05/09/2025 2704 views 49 likes

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

Week in images: 25-29 August 2025

29/08/2025 2362 views 47 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Week in images: 18-22 August 2025

22/08/2025 2943 views 59 likes

Ariane 6 lofts MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 into orbit

Week in images: 11-15 August 2025

15/08/2025 3519 views 84 likes

Week in images: 04-08 August 2025

08/08/2025 2494 views 50 likes

Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

Week in images: 28 July - 1 August 2025

01/08/2025 2218 views 49 likes

Swirling spiral in Hydra

Week in images: 21-25 July 2025

25/07/2025 2244 views 51 likes

Back to Europe

Week in images: 14-18 July 2025

18/07/2025 1817 views 42 likes

Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

Week in images: 07-11 July 2025

11/07/2025 2461 views 62 likes

A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals the temperature of the land surface.

Week in images: 30 June - 4 July 2025

04/07/2025 2547 views 48 likes

High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b

Week in images: 23-27 June 2025

27/06/2025 2420 views 56 likes

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