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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars

14/11/2025 148858 views 213 likes

Artist's impression of an explosion on another star

Science & Exploration

First confirmed sighting of explosive burst on nearby star

12/11/2025 10055 views 67 likes

The patterns of Coloe Fossae: What a martian ice age left behind

Science & Exploration

What a martian ice age left behind

12/11/2025 4202 views 76 likes

Plato’s spacecraft is complete

Science & Exploration

Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests

09/10/2025 6558 views 45 likes

Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars

Science & Exploration

Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars

08/10/2025 8766 views 59 likes

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

Science & Exploration

ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS

07/10/2025 620968 views 829 likes

Enceladus jets and shadows

Science & Exploration

Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean

01/10/2025 27100 views 92 likes

Edge-on view of our galaxy's great wave

Science & Exploration

Gaia discovers our galaxy’s great wave

30/09/2025 17340 views 147 likes

Illustration of moon-forming disc

Science & Exploration

Webb studies moon-forming disc around massive planet

29/09/2025 2382 views 48 likes

Sagittarius B2 (NIRCam image)

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Webb explores largest star-forming cloud in our galaxy

24/09/2025 5920 views 56 likes

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XRISM uncovers a mystery in the cosmic winds of change

17/09/2025 3373 views 49 likes

Gaia sees stellar nurseries (animation still)

Science & Exploration

Fly through Gaia’s 3D map of stellar nurseries

16/09/2025 28629 views 89 likes

Plato sailing to the Netherlands by boat

Science & Exploration

Plato arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat

11/09/2025 4266 views 44 likes

Graphic indicating how Solar Orbiter let us see the connection between energetic electrons in space and their sources on the Sun

Science & Exploration

Double trouble: Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons ba…

01/09/2025 9945 views 68 likes

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

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Dusty wisps round a dusty disc

29/08/2025 3943 views 68 likes

Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

27/08/2025 10600 views 82 likes

Stellar families in Gaia’s sky

Science & Exploration

Gaia proves our skies are filled with chains of starry gath…

26/08/2025 8208 views 53 likes

Science & Exploration

No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d

13/08/2025 5026 views 43 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin

07/08/2025 5193 views 52 likes

Mars Express views Acheron Fossae’s western fringes

Science & Exploration

When martian ground falls apart

06/08/2025 3923 views 69 likes

NGC 6072 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula

30/07/2025 2733 views 14 likes

First radargram from Juice’s RIME instrument

Science & Exploration

New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well

18/07/2025 5137 views 73 likes

Smile sees the light

Science & Exploration

Smile passes gruelling set of tests

15/07/2025 3104 views 40 likes

Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary

10/07/2025 6335 views 65 likes

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b triggers flares from its host star (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Clingy planets can trigger own doom, suspect Cheops and TESS

02/07/2025 4469 views 54 likes

Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Earth tones on Mars

26/06/2025 4296 views 47 likes

High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b

Science & Exploration

Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

25/06/2025 37459 views 101 likes

Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter

Science & Exploration

“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter

19/06/2025 22949 views 79 likes

Science & Exploration

Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins

17/06/2025 8881 views 46 likes

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 80954 views 136 likes

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Science & Exploration

Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

02/06/2025 5859 views 61 likes

Science & Exploration

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

21/05/2025 3031 views 52 likes

Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

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

14/05/2025 3057 views 58 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 4906 views 51 likes

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato grows its many eyes

08/05/2025 4888 views 57 likes

Gaia spots odd star family

Science & Exploration

Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home

29/04/2025 7267 views 78 likes

Hubble celebrates 35 years

Science & Exploration

Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit

23/04/2025 6133 views 58 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 6051 views 24 likes

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Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace

15/04/2025 2159 views 17 likes

Science & Exploration

From boring to bursting: a giant black hole awakens

11/04/2025 10278 views 72 likes

Acheron Fossae as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Martian rock on the move

09/04/2025 5244 views 75 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

Enabling & Support

Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 45014 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 3996 views 50 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado

24/03/2025 7977 views 60 likes

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

Science & Exploration

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

19/03/2025 87046 views 202 likes

Science & Exploration

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

14/03/2025 8932 views 52 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Science & Exploration

Catch solar bursts in new citizen science project

11/03/2025 10603 views 96 likes

Perfect placement for Smile’s payload module

Science & Exploration

When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch

06/03/2025 2813 views 48 likes

Integral: gamma-ray observatory

Science & Exploration

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

28/02/2025 7174 views 74 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 21472 views 125 likes

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