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Hubble turns 36 with a dazzling Trifid Nebula portrait
20 Apr 2026 at 2:00pm
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope looked at a scene it first captured in 1997 in honour of 36th anniversary: a small portion of a star-forming region about 5000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, known as the Trifid Nebula. The image shows changes over incredibly short timesca...
Read more...Week in images: 13-17 April 2026
17 Apr 2026 at 1:10pm
Week in images: 13-17 April 2026
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Read more...Earth from Space: Land of rainforests
17 Apr 2026 at 8:00am
Image: This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the coast of Gabon in striking colours. Read more... Three ESA-built satellites on show in France
16 Apr 2026 at 12:00pm
Three Earth observation satellites, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with European partners, and due to launch later this year, have completed their functional and environmental tests and are ready to travel to the European spaceport in French Guiana. But first, journalists were inv...
Read more...Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice transforms marine life
15 Apr 2026 at 1:43pm
Shrinking ice is arguably one of the most visible indicators of climate change – particularly in the Arctic. However, a European Space Agency-funded study used information from satellites to show that Antarctica is now experiencing similar dramatic changes, with profound consequences for key pl...
Read more...Ash creeps across Mars
15 Apr 2026 at 9:00am
Noticeable change on Mars often takes millions of years – but the European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades.
Read more...Artemis II: around the Moon in 10 days
13 Apr 2026 at 11:30am
Video: 00:03:39 Artemis II completed a 10-day journey around the Moon, carrying humanity farther into space than it has gone in over 50 years.
ESA played a critical role in the mission’s success. The European Service Module powered and sustained Orion throughout the journey, providing pr...
Read more...First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind
13 Apr 2026 at 9:00am
Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has already created 57 artificial solar eclipses. So far, the mission has collected more than 250 hours of high-resolution videos of the Sun’s atmosphere, called the corona. That’s the same amount of observing time as about...
Read more...Week in images: 06-10 April 2026
10 Apr 2026 at 1:20pm
Week in images: 06-10 April 2026
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Read more...A pair of planet-forming discs
3 Apr 2026 at 8:00am
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