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ESA science missions get green light for new discoveries

11/06/2026 3159 views 11 likes

Simulated Arrakihs mock image of a galaxy halo

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ESA adopts galactic archaeology mission Arrakihs

10/06/2026 4717 views 66 likes

The Artemis III crew was announced by NASA on 9 June 2026

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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano joins NASA’s Artemis III missi…

09/06/2026 10069 views 66 likes

Mars vast clay region

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ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

04/06/2026 3506 views 53 likes

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Hands‑on space science with the European Astro Pi Challenge

03/06/2026 276 views 2 likes

Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1 (NIRCam Image)

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Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy

27/05/2026 5187 views 53 likes

Solar eclipse (artist impression)

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Join ESA for a total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026

21/05/2026 23235 views 90 likes

Group photo with the members of ESA's astronaut reserve in the training hall of ESA’s European Astronaut Centre .

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ESA astronaut reserve completes training programme

21/05/2026 2107 views 24 likes

Wide view of Vega-C liftoff with Smile

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Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth’s invisible shield…

19/05/2026 9483 views 54 likes

Mars Express visits Shalbatana Vallis on Mars

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Waterworn chaos on Mars

13/05/2026 4123 views 96 likes

Smile lifts off into space (artist impression)

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How to follow the Smile launch live

12/05/2026 10917 views 63 likes

A beacon of light in swirls of dust

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A beacon of light in swirls of dust

07/05/2026 5208 views 25 likes

Star-forming regions in M51

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Webb & Hubble find massive star clusters emerge faster

06/05/2026 6064 views 67 likes

Smile delivered to space (artist impression, GIF)

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Smile set to launch on 19 May

23/04/2026 6277 views 49 likes

Close-up of Plato’s cameras

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Plato aces space-like tests

23/04/2026 5266 views 43 likes

SOLIS100 isolation study crew

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SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany

23/04/2026 7644 views 54 likes

Strong gravitational lenses captured by Euclid

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Euclid Space Warps: help spot galaxies bending spacetime

21/04/2026 7408 views 106 likes

Trifid Nebula (Wide Field Camera 3 Image)

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Hubble turns 36 with a dazzling Trifid Nebula portrait

20/04/2026 7449 views 57 likes

Mars Express captures dark ash covering Mars’s Utopia Planitia

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Ash creeps across Mars

15/04/2026 12382 views 88 likes

Imaged of processed Proba-3 data that highlights movement around the Sun

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First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind

13/04/2026 4214 views 48 likes

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Artemis II: splashdown

11/04/2026 8652 views 93 likes

Light hits graphene aerogel

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Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

07/04/2026 5127 views 38 likes

Comet 3I/ATLAS seen by Juice’s science camera

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Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS

02/04/2026 14467 views 140 likes

The Artemis II rocket, with Orion and its European Service Module on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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Artemis II mission begins

02/04/2026 45668 views 296 likes

The Artemis II rocket at its launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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Watch live: Artemis II launch

31/03/2026 289111 views 757 likes

ESA engineer Luca Fossati in Orion's Mission Evaluation Room in an Artemis II simulation

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European eyes on Artemis

31/03/2026 6463 views 73 likes

Dividing Earth and Moon

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European Service Module engines powering Artemis II

30/03/2026 26136 views 255 likes

Arnaud Prost during VR robotics training

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ESA’s astronaut reserve begins final training block

27/03/2026 883 views 16 likes

Saturn (2024 Webb & Hubble images)

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Webb & Hubble capture new views of Saturn

25/03/2026 8826 views 85 likes

Gamma-Cas and its hungry white dwarf companion

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XRISM solves famous star’s 50-year mystery

24/03/2026 5021 views 71 likes

Sophie Adenot and Jessica Meir equipped with PhysioTool and T-Mini

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Understanding how the body and mind adapt to microgravity

24/03/2026 598 views 7 likes

Smile delivered to space (artist impression, GIF)

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T-20 days: Smile to launch on 9 April

20/03/2026 3888 views 40 likes

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS; Nov 2025)

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Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up

18/03/2026 3855 views 57 likes

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway are seen preparing for an EchoFinder session aboard the International Space Station during the εpsilon mission.

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Augmented reality and artificial intelligence for ultrasoun…

18/03/2026 836 views 4 likes

Smile arrives at Europe's Spaceport

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Smile arrives at Europe’s Spaceport

09/03/2026 3292 views 30 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

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The radiation paradox: why solar maximum is the safest time…

09/03/2026 4594 views 64 likes

Coronal mass ejection on 27 May 2024

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ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Plan…

05/03/2026 11407 views 62 likes

Counting craters in Mars’s ancient highlands

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Counting craters

04/03/2026 3537 views 51 likes

Hubble & Euclid: zoom into Cat's Eye Nebula

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Hubble & Euclid zoom into cosmic eye

03/03/2026 9612 views 82 likes

Smile launch kit cover

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Smile launch kit

25/02/2026 3116 views 12 likes

Smile leaving Saint-Nazaire in France

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Smile sets sail for Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

20/02/2026 3306 views 37 likes

Uranus (January 2025)

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Webb maps Uranus's mysterious upper atmosphere

19/02/2026 16145 views 68 likes

Galaxy field of low-surface-brightness galaxy CDG-2

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Hubble, Euclid & Subaru uncover dark galaxy

18/02/2026 5053 views 27 likes

Crew-12 inside the International Space Station

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Official start of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s εpsilon mis…

14/02/2026 4600 views 57 likes

εpsilon launch

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Successful lift-off for Crew-12 on 13 February 2026

13/02/2026 1319 views 6 likes

Artist impression of the planetary system around the star LHS 1903

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Cheops discovers late bloomer from another era

12/02/2026 5664 views 42 likes

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Watch live: Crew-12 launch and docking

10/02/2026 18368 views 117 likes

Crew-12 in front of a SpaceX booster

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Crew-12 readies for launch

07/02/2026 1690 views 19 likes

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A presidential greeting ahead of Sophie Adenot's first spac…

05/02/2026 439 views 5 likes

Overhead perspective of Flaugergues Crater

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Explore Mars’s Flaugergues Crater

04/02/2026 3575 views 82 likes

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