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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 60471 views 108 likes

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Science & Exploration

Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

02/06/2025 3691 views 54 likes

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Recipe for a ‘rocky road’ crater soaked in martian history

21/05/2025 2322 views 48 likes

Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

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Titan forecast: partly cloudy with a chance of methane show…

14/05/2025 2518 views 54 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora

12/05/2025 4134 views 49 likes

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato grows its many eyes

08/05/2025 3767 views 54 likes

Gaia spots odd star family

Science & Exploration

Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home

29/04/2025 4496 views 71 likes

Hubble celebrates 35 years

Science & Exploration

Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit

23/04/2025 5489 views 57 likes

No tricks, just treats (M83 MIRI image)

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Webb spots clues of black hole at heart of nearby galaxy M83

17/04/2025 5407 views 24 likes

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Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace

15/04/2025 1562 views 16 likes

Science & Exploration

From boring to bursting: a giant black hole awakens

11/04/2025 7962 views 69 likes

Acheron Fossae as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Martian rock on the move

09/04/2025 4678 views 74 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

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Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 41859 views 141 likes

JADES-GS-z13-1 in the GOODS-S field (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb sees galaxy mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe

26/03/2025 3486 views 48 likes

The Cosmic Tornado / Herbig-Haro 49/50 (Webb telescope image)

Science & Exploration

Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado

24/03/2025 7258 views 59 likes

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

Science & Exploration

Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fi…

19/03/2025 77342 views 189 likes

Science & Exploration

Follow the reveal of Euclid’s first catalogue on 19 March

14/03/2025 7943 views 51 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Science & Exploration

Catch solar bursts in new citizen science project

11/03/2025 9482 views 94 likes

Perfect placement for Smile’s payload module

Science & Exploration

When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch

06/03/2025 2308 views 48 likes

Integral: gamma-ray observatory

Science & Exploration

Mission accomplished for Integral, ESA’s gamma-ray telescop…

28/02/2025 6473 views 74 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 19402 views 121 likes

Illustration of the Einstein Probe spacecraft.

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe catches X-ray odd couple

18/02/2025 3910 views 51 likes

Artist impression of brown dwarf Gaia-5b

Science & Exploration

Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data

04/02/2025 9324 views 58 likes

HH 30 (MIRI & NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates a dusty and dynamic disc

04/02/2025 10128 views 57 likes

Artist's impression of Plato

Science & Exploration

Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6

29/01/2025 3492 views 35 likes

Artist impression of ESA's Envision mission at Venus

Science & Exploration

Signed and sealed: Envision can move towards construction

28/01/2025 1959 views 4 likes

Einstein Probe detects ancient X-ray burst (artist impression)

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe detects puzzling cosmic explosion

23/01/2025 7371 views 60 likes

Hubble’s panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy

Science & Exploration

Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy

16/01/2025 27841 views 83 likes

The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (artist impression)

Science & Exploration

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

15/01/2025 23437 views 75 likes

Giant black hole gobbling up doomed white dwarf star

Science & Exploration

XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations

13/01/2025 7299 views 63 likes

Best images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

09/01/2025 71674 views 289 likes

BepiColombo's sixth flyby route through Mercury's magnetic environment

Science & Exploration

BepiColombo to swing by Mercury for the sixth time

06/01/2025 9076 views 66 likes

NGC 346 (Webb)

Science & Exploration

Planet-forming discs lived longer in early Universe

16/12/2024 4276 views 33 likes

Galaxy cluster MACS J1423 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds primeval star-forming galaxy that is lightweight

11/12/2024 4089 views 51 likes

Science & Exploration

XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs

10/12/2024 3786 views 67 likes

First mid-infrared light observations of Mercury

Science & Exploration

BepiColombo reveals Mercury in a new light

09/12/2024 10216 views 102 likes

Spiderweb Protocluster (NIRCam)

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Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field

04/12/2024 6181 views 55 likes

Proba-3 satellites form artificial eclipse

Science & Exploration

Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve

03/12/2024 21864 views 198 likes

Sombrero galaxy (MIRI)

Science & Exploration

Sombrero Galaxy dazzles in new Webb image

25/11/2024 13461 views 102 likes

The Sun's surface as seen by Solar Orbiter's PHI instrument

Science & Exploration

New full Sun views show sunspots, fields and restless plasm…

20/11/2024 105595 views 129 likes

Descending to a comet

Science & Exploration

Philae’s extraordinary comet landing relived

12/11/2024 5492 views 52 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

Happy New Year on Mars

12/11/2024 23162 views 334 likes

SOHO: 25 years of solar imaging

Science & Exploration

The solar cycle, a heartbeat of stellar energy

04/11/2024 4808 views 41 likes

Webb and Hubble images overlapping

Science & Exploration

Webb and Hubble examine spooky galaxy pair

31/10/2024 4536 views 59 likes

NGC 602 (NIRCam and MIRI image)

Science & Exploration

First young brown dwarfs found outside the Milky Way?

23/10/2024 10322 views 99 likes

Hubble's view on symbiotic binary star R Aquarii

Science & Exploration

Hubble captures intricacies of R Aquarii

16/10/2024 3883 views 14 likes

Mosaic of Euclid observations in the Southern Sky

Science & Exploration

Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas

15/10/2024 339643 views 438 likes

Europa Clipper artist’s concept

Science & Exploration

Juice and Europa Clipper: Dream team to Jupiter

14/10/2024 9417 views 58 likes

Cryptic terrain in Australe Scopuli on Mars

Science & Exploration

Cryptic Mars, a land shaped by ice

09/10/2024 5967 views 81 likes

Mercury’s magnetosphere during BepiColombo’s third flyby (unannotated)

Science & Exploration

Mercury’s magnetic landscape mapped in 30 minutes

03/10/2024 4691 views 63 likes

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