Hubble Space Telescope image shows Z 229-15 in beautiful detail. This celestial object that lies about 390 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra.…
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Hubble Space Telescope image of the irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 against a background of dim, distant galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick In…
A high-definition image of Earth taken by Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter in November 2007. Credit: JAXA/NHK A new era of lunar exploration is on the…
Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image of the Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022), processed by…
Hubble Space Telescope image of a jellyfish galaxy. (Image zoomed in to show detail. See the wider view below.) Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik…
The NEOMIR orbiting observatory will act as an early warning system to detect and monitor any asteroid coming towards Earth from the Sun’s direction. NEOMIR…
Hubble Space Telescope features a massive galaxy cluster named SPT-CL J0019-2026 in the constellation Cetus that is warped by gravitational lensing. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA,…
The Liverpool Land peninsula, on the east coast of Greenland, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. The peninsula is visible at the top partially covered…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observation time devoted to Saturn each year, thanks to the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program, and the dynamic gas…
Asteroid 2023 CX1 entering Earth’s atmosphere captured in the skies over the southern Netherlands. Credit: Gijs de Reijke Seventh Shooting Star Ever Spotted Before Impact…
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a trio of merging galaxies in the Boötes constellation. (This is a cropped image. See the full image below.) Credit:…
Artist impress of Quaoar rings. Credit: Paris Observatory ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar During a break from looking at planets…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the newly discovered dwarf galaxy Donatiello II, nestled amongst a smattering of distant stars and even more distant galaxies. Credit:…
These images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite show the before and after of the massive slab of ice that broke away from the Brunt Ice…
Hubble Space Telescope snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, E. Sabbi, Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu A…
An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of diverse ices in the darkest regions of a cold molecular cloud measured to date by…
This Hubble Space Telescope image features the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and its smaller companion in the upper left. Both are located in…
In the world’s first test of asteroid deflection, Hera will perform a detailed post-impact survey of the target asteroid, Dimorphos – the orbiting Moonlet in…
One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga, spewing volcanic material up to 58…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Europe has kicked off the new year with an intense winter…