The Moon passed directly between the Sun and Earth on 17 February 2026, creating an annular…
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Smile orbit transfer and magnetometer boom deployment (artist impression)
The joint European-Chinese Smile mission will launch this spring from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on…
The stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral
Two powerful instruments of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope joined forces to create this scenic…
Earth from Space: Ouarzazate, Morocco
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over south-central Morocco, near the city of Ouarzazate. Zoom in…
Smile launch and solar panel deployment (artist impression)
3… 2… 1… lift off! The joint European-Chinese Smile mission will launch this spring from Europe’s…
Sophie Adenot exercising on the CEVIS bike
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, currently on the International Space Station for the εpsilon mission, exercises on the CEVIS bike just a few days…
ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels
A dark blue van stands at the ready in front of a 25-metre-wide antenna, framed by…
ESA – Uranus rotation in timelapse
This timelapse shows a full rotation of Uranus captured by NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Thanks to its orbit at L2, Webb was able to observe the…
ESA – Uranus (January 2025)
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s…
ESA – Celeste
The world runs on invisible satellite navigation signals: they fuel our society, generate economic growth and…