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Science & Exploration

XRISM uncovers a mystery in the cosmic winds of change

17/09/2025 3380 views 49 likes

Gaia sees stellar nurseries (animation still)

Science & Exploration

Fly through Gaia’s 3D map of stellar nurseries

16/09/2025 28742 views 89 likes

Plato sailing to the Netherlands by boat

Science & Exploration

Plato arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat

11/09/2025 4273 views 45 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 9960 views 68 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Dusty wisps round a dusty disc

29/08/2025 3951 views 68 likes

Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

27/08/2025 10626 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 8226 views 53 likes

Science & Exploration

No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d

13/08/2025 5042 views 43 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin

07/08/2025 5200 views 52 likes

Mars Express views Acheron Fossae’s western fringes

Science & Exploration

When martian ground falls apart

06/08/2025 3928 views 69 likes

NGC 6072 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula

30/07/2025 2738 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 5147 views 73 likes

Smile sees the light

Science & Exploration

Smile passes gruelling set of tests

15/07/2025 3111 views 40 likes

Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

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Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary

10/07/2025 6346 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 4477 views 54 likes

Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Earth tones on Mars

26/06/2025 4303 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 37467 views 101 likes

Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter

Science & Exploration

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

19/06/2025 22971 views 79 likes

Science & Exploration

Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins

17/06/2025 8888 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 80999 views 136 likes

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Science & Exploration

Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

02/06/2025 5873 views 61 likes

Science & Exploration

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

21/05/2025 3035 views 52 likes

Titan (Webb image - 11 July 2023)

Science & Exploration

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

14/05/2025 3062 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 4910 views 51 likes

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato grows its many eyes

08/05/2025 4893 views 57 likes

Gaia spots odd star family

Science & Exploration

Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home

29/04/2025 7284 views 78 likes

Hubble celebrates 35 years

Science & Exploration

Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit

23/04/2025 6136 views 58 likes

No tricks, just treats (M83 MIRI image)

Science & Exploration

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

17/04/2025 6054 views 24 likes

Science & Exploration

Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace

15/04/2025 2163 views 17 likes

Science & Exploration

From boring to bursting: a giant black hole awakens

11/04/2025 10305 views 72 likes

Acheron Fossae as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Martian rock on the move

09/04/2025 5245 views 75 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

Enabling & Support

Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 45049 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 3997 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 7989 views 60 likes

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

Science & Exploration

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

19/03/2025 87108 views 202 likes

Science & Exploration

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

14/03/2025 8939 views 52 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Science & Exploration

Catch solar bursts in new citizen science project

11/03/2025 10609 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 2816 views 48 likes

Integral: gamma-ray observatory

Science & Exploration

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

28/02/2025 7177 views 74 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 21487 views 125 likes

Illustration of the Einstein Probe spacecraft.

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe catches X-ray odd couple

18/02/2025 4306 views 51 likes

Artist impression of brown dwarf Gaia-5b

Science & Exploration

Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data

04/02/2025 10653 views 59 likes

HH 30 (MIRI & NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates a dusty and dynamic disc

04/02/2025 11092 views 62 likes

Artist's impression of Plato

Science & Exploration

Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6

29/01/2025 4301 views 36 likes

Artist impression of ESA's Envision mission at Venus

Science & Exploration

Signed and sealed: Envision can move towards construction

28/01/2025 2584 views 6 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe detects puzzling cosmic explosion

23/01/2025 7764 views 62 likes

Hubble’s panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy

Science & Exploration

Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy

16/01/2025 30995 views 86 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

15/01/2025 25693 views 76 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 7707 views 64 likes

Best images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

09/01/2025 76464 views 295 likes

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