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  • Dark dust devil tracks on Mars

    The winds of Mars are responsible for myriad features across the planet’s surface – including the dark dunes and wispy, filament-like streaks seen in this image from ESA’s Mars Express.

  • Giant ‘chimneys’ vent X-rays from Milky Way’s core

    By surveying the centre of our Galaxy, ESA’s XMM-Newton has discovered two colossal ‘chimneys’ funneling material from the vicinity of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole into two huge cosmic bubbles.

  • Call for media: Cheops ready for launch in October

    The Cheops mission, ESA’s first mission dedicated to the study of exoplanets, is scheduled to lift off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, within the launch slot 15 October – 14 November 2019. Media representatives are invited to apply for accreditation to visit the spacecraft, which is in the clean rooms of Airbus in Madrid, on 29 March, before it goes into storage ahead of its shipment to Kourou later this year.

  • Saturn at equinox


    Space Science Image of the Week: Earth’s annual March equinox occurs this week, but this outer Solar System equivalent only takes place once every 15 years

  • InSight lander among latest ExoMars image bounty

    Curious surface features, water-formed minerals, 3D stereo views, and even a sighting of the InSight lander showcase the impressive range of imaging capabilities of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.

  • Mars image bounty


    Showcase of the ExoMars orbiter’s imaging capabilities

  • Exoplanet watcher


    Space Science Image of the Week: After completing final tests, our exoplanet satellite Cheops is ready for flight

  • Weighing the Milky Way


    Measurements from Hubble and Gaia improve our estimate of the mass of our Galaxy: 1.5 trillion solar masses

  • ESA gives go-ahead for Smile mission with China

    The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, Smile, has been given the green light for implementation by ESA’s Science Programme Committee.

  • What remains of the stars


    Space Science Image of the Week: In this view of galaxy NGC 300, ESA’s XMM-Newton reveals the glow from remnants of past stellar generations

  • Signs of ancient flowing water on Mars

    These images from ESA’s Mars Express satellite show a branching, desiccated system of trenches and valleys, signs of ancient water flow that hint at a warmer, wetter past for the Red Planet.

  • Ice giant surprise


    Space Science Image of the Week: These alien-looking worlds are actually surprising new views of Uranus and Neptune

  • Delta dive


    Space Science Image of the Week: Dive into a river delta on Mars – in 3D