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Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary

10/07/2025 6579 views 66 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 4789 views 56 likes

Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Earth tones on Mars

26/06/2025 4617 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 37858 views 101 likes

Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter

Science & Exploration

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

19/06/2025 23525 views 80 likes

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Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins

17/06/2025 10290 views 47 likes

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun's south pole

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Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

11/06/2025 83048 views 137 likes

Milky Way and Andromeda encounters

Science & Exploration

Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

02/06/2025 6706 views 62 likes

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

21/05/2025 3266 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 3281 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 5175 views 51 likes

Plato’s 24 newly installed cameras

Science & Exploration

Plato grows its many eyes

08/05/2025 5139 views 60 likes

Gaia spots odd star family

Science & Exploration

Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home

29/04/2025 8545 views 79 likes

Hubble celebrates 35 years

Science & Exploration

Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit

23/04/2025 6358 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 6280 views 24 likes

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Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace

15/04/2025 2358 views 17 likes

Science & Exploration

From boring to bursting: a giant black hole awakens

11/04/2025 12347 views 72 likes

Acheron Fossae as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Martian rock on the move

09/04/2025 5362 views 75 likes

Gaia observes the Milky Way

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Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

27/03/2025 45852 views 142 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 4149 views 50 likes

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

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Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado

24/03/2025 8253 views 60 likes

Euclid Deep Field South, 16x zoom

Science & Exploration

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

19/03/2025 90350 views 202 likes

Science & Exploration

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

14/03/2025 9477 views 52 likes

Solar flare seen by Solar Orbiter

Science & Exploration

Catch solar bursts in new citizen science project

11/03/2025 10904 views 98 likes

Perfect placement for Smile’s payload module

Science & Exploration

When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch

06/03/2025 3043 views 48 likes

Integral: gamma-ray observatory

Science & Exploration

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

28/02/2025 7454 views 74 likes

Why is Mars red?

Science & Exploration

Have we been wrong about why Mars is red?

25/02/2025 22477 views 125 likes

Illustration of the Einstein Probe spacecraft.

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe catches X-ray odd couple

18/02/2025 4433 views 51 likes

Artist impression of brown dwarf Gaia-5b

Science & Exploration

Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data

04/02/2025 11029 views 59 likes

HH 30 (MIRI & NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates a dusty and dynamic disc

04/02/2025 12351 views 66 likes

Artist's impression of Plato

Science & Exploration

Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6

29/01/2025 4576 views 38 likes

Artist impression of ESA's Envision mission at Venus

Science & Exploration

Signed and sealed: Envision can move towards construction

28/01/2025 2844 views 8 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe detects puzzling cosmic explosion

23/01/2025 8129 views 62 likes

Hubble’s panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy

Science & Exploration

Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy

16/01/2025 32304 views 88 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

15/01/2025 26537 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 7865 views 64 likes

Best images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

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Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby

09/01/2025 79501 views 299 likes

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

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BepiColombo to swing by Mercury for the sixth time

06/01/2025 12066 views 69 likes

NGC 346 (Webb)

Science & Exploration

Planet-forming discs lived longer in early Universe

16/12/2024 4681 views 33 likes

Galaxy cluster MACS J1423 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds primeval star-forming galaxy that is lightweight

11/12/2024 4413 views 51 likes

Science & Exploration

XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs

10/12/2024 4512 views 68 likes

First mid-infrared light observations of Mercury

Science & Exploration

BepiColombo reveals Mercury in a new light

09/12/2024 11546 views 108 likes

Spiderweb Protocluster (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field

04/12/2024 6814 views 56 likes

Proba-3 satellites form artificial eclipse

Science & Exploration

Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve

03/12/2024 22495 views 199 likes

Sombrero galaxy (MIRI)

Science & Exploration

Sombrero Galaxy dazzles in new Webb image

25/11/2024 14867 views 104 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 111181 views 131 likes

Descending to a comet

Science & Exploration

Philae’s extraordinary comet landing relived

12/11/2024 7989 views 54 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

Happy New Year on Mars

12/11/2024 25016 views 335 likes

Webb and Hubble images overlapping

Science & Exploration

Webb and Hubble examine spooky galaxy pair

31/10/2024 5130 views 61 likes

NGC 602 (NIRCam and MIRI image)

Science & Exploration

First young brown dwarfs found outside the Milky Way?

23/10/2024 11063 views 99 likes

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