The first full Moon of the year shines while escorted by a bright, reddish celestial companion.…
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EarthCARE images smoke layer from Los Angeles fire
With ESA’s EarthCARE satellite and four measuring instruments all working extremely well and fully commissioned, the…
Ariane 6 central core on the move
The central core of the second Ariane 6 to launch was transported from the launcher assembly…
Ariane 6 boosters on the road for liftoff
The P120C boosters of the second Ariane 6 to launch were transported from the booster storage building to the…
Light echoes near Cassiopeia A
These shimmering cosmic curtains show interstellar gas and dust that has been heated by the flashbulb…
The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (edge-on)
This is a new artist’s impression of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from…
The best Milky Way animation, by Gaia
This is a new artist’s animation of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from…
BepiColombo’s sixth Mercury flyby: the movie
Fly over Mercury with BepiColombo for the final time during the mission’s epic expedition around the…
Little Red Dots (NIRCam Image)
Soon after the start of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s science operations, astronomers noticed something…
Land burned by Palisades wildfire
This pair of Copernicus Sentinel-2 images highlights the vast area impacted by one of the wildfires…