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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 45051 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 87111 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 21488 views 125 likes

Illustration of the Einstein Probe spacecraft.

Science & Exploration

Einstein Probe catches X-ray odd couple

18/02/2025 4307 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 4302 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 30999 views 86 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

15/01/2025 25699 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 76471 views 295 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 10944 views 67 likes

NGC 346 (Webb)

Science & Exploration

Planet-forming discs lived longer in early Universe

16/12/2024 4553 views 33 likes

Galaxy cluster MACS J1423 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds primeval star-forming galaxy that is lightweight

11/12/2024 4314 views 51 likes

Science & Exploration

XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs

10/12/2024 4344 views 68 likes

First mid-infrared light observations of Mercury

Science & Exploration

BepiColombo reveals Mercury in a new light

09/12/2024 11038 views 104 likes

Spiderweb Protocluster (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field

04/12/2024 6592 views 56 likes

Proba-3 satellites form artificial eclipse

Science & Exploration

Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve

03/12/2024 22359 views 199 likes

Sombrero galaxy (MIRI)

Science & Exploration

Sombrero Galaxy dazzles in new Webb image

25/11/2024 14433 views 103 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 110408 views 130 likes

Descending to a comet

Science & Exploration

Philae’s extraordinary comet landing relived

12/11/2024 7255 views 53 likes

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

Happy New Year on Mars

12/11/2024 24246 views 335 likes

Webb and Hubble images overlapping

Science & Exploration

Webb and Hubble examine spooky galaxy pair

31/10/2024 4898 views 60 likes

NGC 602 (NIRCam and MIRI image)

Science & Exploration

First young brown dwarfs found outside the Milky Way?

23/10/2024 10851 views 99 likes

Hubble's view on symbiotic binary star R Aquarii

Science & Exploration

Hubble captures intricacies of R Aquarii

16/10/2024 4236 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 352287 views 444 likes

Europa Clipper artist’s concept

Science & Exploration

Juice and Europa Clipper: Dream team to Jupiter

14/10/2024 12015 views 74 likes

Cryptic terrain in Australe Scopuli on Mars

Science & Exploration

Cryptic Mars, a land shaped by ice

09/10/2024 6275 views 82 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Mercury’s magnetic landscape mapped in 30 minutes

03/10/2024 5292 views 63 likes

Hubble's view of M87 galaxy

Science & Exploration

Hubble sees black hole beam boosting stellar eruptions

26/09/2024 4383 views 19 likes

Galaxy GS-NDG-9422

Science & Exploration

Webb finds potential missing link to first stars

25/09/2024 4120 views 68 likes

Artist impression of the supermassive black hole in NGC 4151

Science & Exploration

XRISM unveils black hole and supernova remnant surroundings

20/09/2024 5383 views 53 likes

Supermassive black holes in Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Science & Exploration

Hubble finds more black holes in the early Universe

17/09/2024 4132 views 45 likes

Rosetta at Comet (landscape)

Science & Exploration

Rosetta's legacy: how were you inspired?

10/09/2024 4049 views 32 likes

Juice’s view of the Pacific Ocean in three wavelengths

Science & Exploration

Juice confirms that Earth is habitable

10/09/2024 42066 views 105 likes

Cluster satellite reenters Earth's atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to trailblazing mission

09/09/2024 11645 views 53 likes

BepiColombo’s fourth Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

BepiColombo's best images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby

05/09/2024 42968 views 145 likes

ESA is part of the Big Science Business Forum 2024 event on 1–4 October in Trieste, Italy

Opportunities with ESA at Big Science Business Forum 2024

03/09/2024 1085 views 14 likes

BepiColombo Mercury flyby

Science & Exploration

Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory

02/09/2024 15516 views 66 likes

Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe

Science & Exploration

Solar Orbiter shows how solar wind gets a magnetic push

29/08/2024 6414 views 67 likes

Juice JANUS view of the Moon

Science & Exploration

First views from Juice’s science camera

23/08/2024 19470 views 110 likes

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