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Smile lifts off into space (artist impression)

Science & Exploration

How to follow the Smile launch live

12/05/2026 3919 views 24 likes

A beacon of light in swirls of dust

Science & Exploration

A beacon of light in swirls of dust

07/05/2026 3007 views 17 likes

Star-forming regions in M51

Science & Exploration

Webb & Hubble find massive star clusters emerge faster

06/05/2026 4888 views 60 likes

Smile delivered to space (artist impression, GIF)

Science & Exploration

Smile set to launch on 19 May

23/04/2026 4860 views 43 likes

Close-up of Plato’s cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato aces space-like tests

23/04/2026 4470 views 41 likes

Journey of Juice cover image

Science & Exploration

The journey of Juice

Video series covering Juice's journey to Jupiter

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ESA's science fleet of Solar System explorers

28/05/2024 94165 views 354 likes
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ESA’s science fleet of cosmic observers

28/05/2024 24698 views 161 likes
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Exoplanet missions
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Black holes
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Science missions

Launch: 2015 Europe’s first mission to Mercury

Europe’s first Red Planet orbiter

Deep space comet rendezvous mission

Launched: 1990 ESA contributed solar arrays and Faint Object Camera

ESA science missions

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Explore all of ESA's science missions

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