ESA’s Juice spacecraft performed a critical maneuver to align for an Earth-Moon gravity assist in 2024, part of its eight-year mission to Jupiter. The maneuver…
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This image features NGC 2814, an irregular galaxy in the Holmberg 124 group, captured by the Hubble Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick This…
The solar conjunction of Mars occurs approximately every 25 months, disrupting communication with Mars missions. In 2023, Mars will pass directly behind the Sun, causing…
This image shows an artist’s impression of what nightglow might look like to an astronaut in the polar winter regions of Mars at night. The…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Mount Etna, erupted on…
ESA’s Integral space telescope detected an unprecedented gamma-ray burst from a distant exploding star, causing significant disturbances in Earth’s ionosphere. This event, the brightest and…
This satellite image frm the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission showcases autumn in Japan, highlighting the nation’s geography, including its major islands, mountainous terrain, and forest coverage.…
This figure shows an overlay of an image of the Moon on top of an image of the sky recorded simultaneously by the 36 detectors…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1385, located about 30 million light-years away. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Chandar, J. Lee…
Euclid’s advanced imaging presents a spectacularly detailed panorama of the Horsehead Nebula, located within the Orion constellation. The nebula, part of a massive star-forming region,…
Credit: University of Maribor The TRISAT-R CubeSat, equipped with a tiny camera, captured a unique image of Earth from 6,000 km, contributing to ESA’s research…
Euclid has captured a comprehensive image of the NGC 6397 globular cluster, located in the Milky Way’s disc and containing stars that offer insights into…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has enacted the ‘Zero Debris approach’ to dramatically reduce space debris by 2030. The approach is part of the broader…
The ESA’s Euclid mission has shared its first high-resolution, full-color images of the Universe, showcasing the ability to map the cosmos in unprecedented detail. These…
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the spiral galaxy NGC 941, located 55 million light-years away, while investigating the remnants of supernova SN…
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunning image of NGC 1566, dubbed the ‘Spanish Dancer Galaxy’, a member of the Dorado galaxy group. Distinguishing members…
Prometheus full ignition, ArianeGroup test center Vernon, France June 22, 2023. The Prometheus engine has made key progress in testing, promising low-cost and reusability for…
ESA’s EarthCARE mission carries a suite of instruments to answer some critical scientific questions related to the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting…
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet documents field exploration in the lunar-like landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain. The engineers behind the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) worked with…
ESA’s star-surveying Gaia mission has released a treasure trove of new data as part of its ‘focused product release’. As part of this data release,…