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Published: November 21, 2025 15:35

Our #SOHO, #SolarOrbiter and #BepiColombo missions all felt the effects of the storm, with each collecting unique and valuable scientific data. Solar Orbiter's view 👉 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/11/Solar_fireworks_caught_on_camera…

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Published: November 21, 2025 13:10

Saturn's moon #Enceladus is a top target for us in our #Voyage2050 long-term planning period. No space agency has ever landed on Enceladus. And yet this moon has enormous potential for new science, particularly in the realm of habitability. 1/ #CM25 🔭

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Published: November 21, 2025 08:11

Space adventurers Bepi, Mio and MTM have just one year to go until they reach Mercury. What have they been up to since their journey began in 2018? Watch episode 2 of 'The epic adventures of BepiColombo' here 👉 youtu.be/41EdqhlH3PQ 👀 🔭 #planetsci…

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Published: November 20, 2025 13:04

🆕 #Smile passes qualification & flight acceptance review, meeting all requirements for launch. 🚀 The joint European-Chinese mission will launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. 📆 Launch window is set for 8 April to 7 May 2026.…

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Published: November 20, 2025 08:00

Our next ‘medium’ mission under #Voyage2050 is yet to be decided. Three finalists, M-Matisse, Plasma Observatory and Theseus, are being further studied at the moment. One of them will be selected for implementation as the newest addition to our space…

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Published: November 19, 2025 16:04

Webb has revealed for the first time that there are four shells of dust around this pair of Wolf-Rayet stars, which are known as Apep. Read more 👉 https://esawebb.org/images/wolf-rayet-apep/ 🔭

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Published: November 19, 2025 13:03

In 2022, #Arrakihs was selected as a fast mission under #CosmicVision. By imaging Milky Way-type galaxies in the nearby Universe, Arrakihs will provide important measurements to address key questions in galaxy formation theory.  1/ #CM25 🔭

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Published: November 19, 2025 11:10

Webb's #NIRSpec has helped astronomers weigh up a supermassive black hole in the early Universe – and found it much more massive than expected. Read more 👉…

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Published: November 18, 2025 13:02

Athena was selected as the second large mission of #CosmicVision, and was later rescoped as #NewAthena. NewAthena will be the largest X-ray observatory ever built. It will investigate some of the hottest & most energetic phenomena in the Universe with…

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Published: November 17, 2025 12:59

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESALISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space. LISA will study these ripples in the fabric of space-time emitted during the most powerful events in the Universe, such as pairs of black holes coming together and…

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Published: November 17, 2025 08:00

Hubble has returned to the ‘Lost Galaxy’, a spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Its nickname comes from the fact that it’s extremely faint when viewed through a small telescope. Not the case for Hubble though! Read…

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Published: November 14, 2025 13:03

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESAEnvision will be the first mission to provide a complete view of Venus from its inner core to its upper atmosphere. Its goal is to determine how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently. 1/ #CM25 🔭

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Published: November 14, 2025 09:00

Part of #CosmicVision, #Smile is a joint European–Chinese mission that will give us a global picture of the interaction between the Sun and Earth. By improving our understanding of geomagnetic storms, solar wind and space weather, Smile will help keep our…

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Published: November 13, 2025 13:03

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESAAriel is one of three ESA missions dedicated to studying exoplanets. Its goal? Inspect the atmospheres of a thousand such planets, ranging from rocky planets to gas giants. 1/ #CM25 🔭

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Published: November 12, 2025 16:08

📣 For the first time ever, scientists have confirmed seeing a giant explosion on a star other than our own! Our XMM-Newton observatory and the LOFAR telescope contributed to making this long sought-after discovery 👉 …

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Published: November 12, 2025 13:03

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESAPlato will use its 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars.  Plato will revolutionise our understanding of how planets form, how planetary systems evolve & the potential…

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Published: November 12, 2025 10:10

❄️ Earth isn’t the only planet to go through ice ages. The Red Planet experiences them too – as revealed in this new image from our #MarsExpress mission 🔴 Zoom in and explore the image in more detail 👉…

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Published: November 11, 2025 13:02

#CometInterceptor will be the first mission to visit a comet coming directly from the outer reaches of the Sun's realm, carrying material untouched since the dawn of the Solar System. Part of #CosmicVision, Comet Interceptor is an ESA-led mission in…

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Published: November 10, 2025 16:08

This is the peculiar spiral NGC 1511, which lies approximately 50 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus. Astronomers will use Hubble observations of the galaxy to investigate how matter cycles from interstellar clouds to stars and back…

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Published: November 9, 2025 08:01

20 years ago today, our first mission to Venus was launched 🎉 #VenusExpress gave us a unique global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour and paved the way to #ESAEnvision.  1/ 🔭🧪 #planetsci

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Published: November 7, 2025 10:02

Our #ESAAriel mission will shine a light on the extraordinary world of exoplanets. The mission will study: 🌡️ how temperature changes in the atmosphere of exoplanets ☁️ what exoplanets' clouds are made of 🐣 what are the interiors of exoplanets like & more…

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Published: November 6, 2025 13:40

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESACheops was launched in 2019. Cheops is the first space mission dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to host #exoplanets. It's also the first in a trio of ESA missions dedicated to exploring…

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Published: November 6, 2025 09:26

Back in 2018, three adventurers, Bepi, Mio and MTM, started their extraordinary journey to Mercury, a planet of extremes and mysteries. Rewatch episode one of 'The epic adventures of BepiColombo' here 👉…

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Published: November 5, 2025 14:55

🗞️The latest edition of the ESA Science Newsletter is out! Learn about: 🗓️ The Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes VIII conference & more 👩‍🎓 Student internship opportunities 2025 Access the edition & subscribe 👉…

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Published: November 5, 2025 13:34

A #CosmicVision mission, #ESAJuice is en route to Jupiter. Juice successfully performed the world's first Lunar-Earth flyby in 2024, followed by a Venus flyby this year. The spacecraft is now on track to swing by Earth two more times and arrive at Jupiter…

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Published: November 5, 2025 09:40

#ESAEuclid peers through a dark cloud’s dusty veil to reveal a place teeming with very young stars ✨ While investigating the nature of the dark Universe, Euclid is also delivering observations such as this one that enable research in different fields of…

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Published: November 4, 2025 15:20

Part of our #CosmicVision plan, #ESASolarOrbiter launched in February 2020. An ESA mission with strong NASA participation, it's the most complex scientific laboratory ever sent to study our star to understand better its 11-year cycle, the corona, the…

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Published: November 4, 2025 13:08

Part of our #CosmicVision plan, #ESAEuclid launched in 2023 on a quest to solve the mysteries of the dark Universe. 🔭 Its goal? Create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across space and time by observing billions of galaxies. 1/…

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Published: November 4, 2025 09:10

Enjoyed our documentary 'Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster'? 🥹 Then listen to these three podcasts hosted by @spacerocksofficial.bsky.social's Alexander Milas that go in more depth on the #ESACluster mission and the making of the documentary 👉…

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Published: November 3, 2025 09:17

💖 What lies at the heart of this spiral galaxy? The luminous galactic centre of NGC 4102 is powered by a supermassive black hole. Hubble has returned after 11 years to the spiral to study this region better. Read more 👉…

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Published: October 31, 2025 16:04

ICYMI, here's the replay of 'Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster' 👉 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/10/Seas_of_the_Sun_The_story_of_Cluster 🎬 Enjoy the story of the pioneering 25-year Cluster mission, as told by the people behind it. 🔭 🧪…

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Published: October 31, 2025 15:03

This #DarkMatterDay we give a shoutout to the #DarkUniverse detective 🕵️, our Euclid mission. Euclid is hard at work, creating a great cosmic atlas to uncover the secrets of #DarkMatter & #DarkEnergy.  Below you can zoom into the first page of this…

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Published: October 31, 2025 13:04

Happy creepy Halloween, everyone! 🎃

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Published: October 30, 2025 18:03

🔴 Live now: the premiere of 'Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster' 🍿 Watch here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_rve555TQ Got questions? Use the live chat where our scientists and engineers, as well as @spacerocksofficial.bsky.social filmmakers are…

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Published: October 30, 2025 14:05

☄️ Comet #3I/ATLAS is currently making its closest approach to the Sun. #ESAJuice might catch the best view of this comet in a very active state. Juice will attempt observations in November 2025, with data received on Earth in February 2026 👉…

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Published: October 30, 2025 08:00

Join us from 19:00 CET for the live premiere of 'Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster' 🍿 #ESACluster scientists & engineers, as well as the filmmakers will be waiting for your questions in the live chat. Watch here👉…