This image shows the location of Cloud-9, which is 2000 light-years from Earth. The diffuse magenta…
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A neighbouring vista of stellar birth
Today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week highlights another view of a distant stellar birthplace. Captured in a parallel…
ESA – Nature’s fireworks from space
As she flew 400 km above Earth at hypersonic speed, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps caught a gigantic spark with blue and red flashes shooting…
ESA – Fireworks from space
As she flew 400 km above Earth at hypersonic speed, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers caught a…
Fly through Webb’s cosmic vistas
On the launch anniversary of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, ESA presents a unique compilation…
ESA – Circumstellar disc IRAS 23077+6707
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disc ever observed around a young…
ESA – Euclid’s galaxy garland
Galaxy NGC 646 sparkles like a cosmic holiday garland in this new image from the European…
Galileo: the journey of satellites 33 and 34
On 17 December 2025, two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This…