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Streaks on Mars

Capturing candyfloss clouds

On 3 May, the fully assembled Orion spacecraft for Artemis II began its journey to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is shown in transport, with its protective fairing panels clearly visible and proudly bearing the ESA and NASA logos.

Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

Titan (Webb and Keck image - 11 and 14 July 2023)

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

Pullout of aurora observations on Jupiter

Blackout in Andalusia

Face to face with a spiral’s arms

Green is black

Night-time light emissions during blackout in Spain and Portugal

Hubble observes new tidal disruption event (January 2025 image)

Gripping exploration

Plato’s service module as it is being assembled

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras – side view

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

Plato’s service module coming together

Snapshot of a peculiar spiral

Gaia spots odd star family

Stability of Drugs experiment for Ignis

RadMon-on-ISS technology demonstration for Ignis

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski – PhotonGrav

A visual feast of galaxies

Webb: A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray

Ignis science infographic

KUBIK's journey

Participants at KUBIK's anniversary celebration at ESTEC

Celebrating two decades of KUBIK: ESA Astronaut André Kuipers presents at ESTEC

A glittering cluster shines again

How Solar Orbiter obtains its high-resolution full Sun views

Solar Orbiter’s widest high-resolution view of the Sun

Hubble celebrates 35 years

Planetary nebula NGC 2899

Rosette Nebula

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335

Mars (December 2024)

ACES in the Kennedy Space Center cleanroom. Credit: NASA-KSC

Hubble spies a cosmic pillar in the Eagle Nebula

The squid and the whale

Sombrero Galaxy

Tree planting for Ignis

Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 (MIRI image)

These astronaut trees at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) honour the explorers who have flown to space.

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer wears the ATLAS analogue suit inside the LUNA facility to test virtual reality headsets for future lunar training.

Testing VR headsets in LUNA

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer tests a VR headset while wearing the ATLAS analogue suit inside the LUNA facility.

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