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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 10451 views 68 likes

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

Science & Exploration

Dusty wisps round a dusty disc

29/08/2025 4295 views 68 likes

ESA's Ramses mission at the asteroid Apophis

ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration

27/08/2025 4551 views 61 likes

Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb & ALMA image)

Science & Exploration

Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly

27/08/2025 11326 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 9039 views 53 likes

Soil moisture anomalies over 2024 compared to 1991–2020

ESA data records help underpin climate change report

25/08/2025 3420 views 65 likes

Enabling & Support

Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

25/08/2025 18230 views 103 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Iberian wildfires seen from space

20/08/2025 11993 views 66 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite small but perfectly formed

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite adds power to forecasts

18/08/2025 4923 views 67 likes

Penguins resting on Antarctic sea ice

Tracking the climate-driven shift in Antarctic plankton fro…

13/08/2025 3413 views 58 likes

Science & Exploration

No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d

13/08/2025 5668 views 43 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 take to the skies

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched

13/08/2025 9094 views 51 likes

Model of the distribution of space debris around Earth

CREAM: avoiding collisions in space through automation

12/08/2025 6732 views 63 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin

07/08/2025 5668 views 52 likes

Asteroid (18805) Kellyday

First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit

06/08/2025 5918 views 63 likes

Mars Express views Acheron Fossae’s western fringes

Science & Exploration

When martian ground falls apart

06/08/2025 4175 views 69 likes

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

05/08/2025 4284 views 54 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 3243 views 55 likes

ESA Open Days 2025

Celebrating 50 years of ESA at Open Days 2025

01/08/2025 13272 views 214 likes

European forests

A troubling shift in Europe’s forest carbon balance

30/07/2025 2450 views 9 likes

NGC 6072 (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula

30/07/2025 3043 views 15 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 6625 views 42 likes

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1

First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled

24/07/2025 2810 views 32 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-6B on route to launch site

Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sail

23/07/2025 3682 views 34 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 media briefing

23/07/2025 2137 views 39 likes

Deployment of largest Mars parachute on Earth

Science & Exploration

ExoMars parachutes ready for martian deployment

21/07/2025 8560 views 78 likes

First radargram from Juice’s RIME instrument

Science & Exploration

New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well

18/07/2025 5603 views 73 likes

Φsat-2 view of Bahia Blanca Estuary in Argentina

Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images

15/07/2025 3693 views 45 likes

Smile sees the light

Science & Exploration

Smile passes gruelling set of tests

15/07/2025 3451 views 40 likes

Ignis patch in Cupola

Science & Exploration

Ignis mission highlights

15/07/2025 4540 views 74 likes

Group picture of the signatories of the 50Y ESA Anniversary statement.

ESA Council receives Anniversary Statement

11/07/2025 900 views 4 likes

Cat’s Paw Nebula (NIRCam)

Science & Exploration

Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary

10/07/2025 6594 views 66 likes

NASA's Psyche mission

Enabling & Support

Europe's first deep-space optical communication link

10/07/2025 14825 views 92 likes

Space Rider model ready to drop

Enabling & Support

Closing the loop: new Space Rider drop test

09/07/2025 5920 views 43 likes

European Launcher Challenge visual

Enabling & Support

European Launcher Challenge: preselected challengers unveil…

07/07/2025 20267 views 112 likes

Southern Ocean sea ice

Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

04/07/2025 5144 views 53 likes

ESA observes interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

ESA tracks rare interstellar comet

03/07/2025 81240 views 501 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 4795 views 56 likes

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 take to the skies

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmos…

02/07/2025 6738 views 38 likes

Science & Exploration

A pinch of France in space

01/07/2025 3189 views 36 likes

MTG-S1 hosting Sentinel-4 encapsulation family photo

MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready…

30/06/2025 3813 views 45 likes

Asteroid - artist's impression

Will asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the Moon?

39357 views 72 likes

The global ocean conveyor belt

New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyor

26/06/2025 5899 views 47 likes

Arcadia Planitia as seen by ESA’s Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Earth tones on Mars

26/06/2025 4657 views 47 likes

Fire driving deforestation

Satellite records expose fire driving Gran Chaco transforma…

26/06/2025 2818 views 37 likes

High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b

Science & Exploration

Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

25/06/2025 37880 views 101 likes

Majuro, Marshal Islands, is at risk from sea-level rise

First sea-level records for coastal community protection

25/06/2025 2073 views 38 likes

Volcanic eruption Iceland

North Atlantic’s volcanic secrets – it’s about being thin

24/06/2025 2423 views 48 likes

Bolivian forest and landscape from Biomass

Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests …

23/06/2025 44904 views 143 likes

Director General Josef Aschbacher invites attendees at the International Paris Air Show to share some cake marking the 50th anniversary of the ESA Convention.

ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Four Highlights

19/06/2025 1442 views 18 likes

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