Flame Nebula in visible and infrared light

The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation…

Hera asteroid mission’s Mars flyby

On  Wednesday 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars.…

European engineers give Orion its wings

The Orion spacecraft for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50…

ESA – Women powering up space

Europe’s human spaceflight ambitions are reaching new heights, and ESA’s Astronaut Reserve is a key part…

Webb wows with incredible detail in star-forming system

High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and…

Close-up of Proba-3’s Coronagraph, ready to dance

Proba-3’s Coronagraph and Occulter spacecraft get closer to each other in preparation for the world’s first-ever…

ESA – Ariane 6 VA263 liftoff

Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, took flight for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport in French…

A spiral of the water snake

This vibrant spiral galaxy and the subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is…

Earth from Space: Tirana, Albania

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Albania’s capital Tirana and its surroundings. Zoom in to…

MSSA and ESA partner for advancing space-based 5G/6G networks

With a new Memorandum of Intent (MoI) signed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the…