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Izaña-2 joins the laser game to track space debris

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Algae bloom chlorophyll South Australia

27/08/2025 708 views 27 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows high concentrations of chlorophyll in yellow-green along the coastline of South Australia, near Adelaide. Chlorophyll-a is a key indicator of the presence of algae in the ocean.
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ESA's Ramses mission at the asteroid Apophis
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ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration

27/08/2025 1669 views 39 likes
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Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)
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Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

27/08/2025 5225 views 60 likes
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Stellar families in Gaia’s sky
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Gaia proves our skies are filled with chains of starry gath…

26/08/2025 4927 views 42 likes
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Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

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New moon of Uranus

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Ariane 6 lofts MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 into orbit

Week in images: 11-15 August 2025

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Ariane 6 first flight highlights

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Euclid’s view of the Horsehead Nebula

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Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)
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Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

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Where is the International Space Station?

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Over the summer 2025, ESA’s Ground Laser Transmitter, installed at the Kryoneri Observatory in Greece, has been the half of a optical communication demonstration campaign between Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission.
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ESA wraps up 300-million-kilometre optical communication ca…

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Webb's view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247
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Dusty wisps round a dusty disc

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Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun

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Algae bloom chlorophyll South Australia

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This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows high concentrations of chlorophyll in yellow-green along the coastline of South Australia, near Adelaide. Chlorophyll-a is a key indicator of the presence of algae in the ocean.
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FLEX instrument meets its satellite

14/08/2025 1660 views 39 likes
The development of ESA’s Earth Explorer FLEX mission has recently passed a significant milestone: the mission’s all-important instrument has been joined to its satellite platform.
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Hubble sizes up rare interstellar comet

07/08/2025 3278 views 75 likes
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Training robots from space

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Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

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