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On 3 September 2026 at 15:49 CEST, the European Space Agency's BepiColombo Mission Control Team at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) received the signal they had been waiting for - BepiColombo's Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) succe
Video: 02:31:10 Watch the replay of the livestream originally broadcast on 3 September as ESA/JAXA's BepiColombo mission took the first critical step towards arriving at Mercury.After travelling through the inner Solar System together for e
Image: This sprawling cosmic vista and subject of today's ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month comes from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC is the largest of the small galaxies that orbit our Milky Way galaxy. At just 160 000 light-years
Recent observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn's south pole. This discovery marks the first time a large regular-sided jet pattern has been observed i
Video: 01:09:40 Rewatch the European Space Agency's 31 August 2026 online press briefing on the latest developments of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, Europe's and Japan's first mission to Mercury.This briefing focused on the complexities
Image: NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, at 07:26 EDT / 12:26 BST/ 13:26 CEST on 30 August 2026. With the successful launch, Roman began its
Expedition Sound is a podcast series by the European Space Agency (ESA) in which you're invited to explore the Universe through your ears. Guided by sonifications - the translation of data into sound - host Zsófi Szalavári travels from our
After eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is about to enter its Mercury Arrival Phase. On 3 September 2026, ESA's Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) will separate from BepiColombo's two science orbiters - the first major step in one of
The NASA-led Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on 30 August 2026 at 07:26 EDT / 12:26 BST / 13:26 CEST from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.With its wide field of view and advanced optical design, the Roman tele
Image: Roman will scan a large patch of the sky in visible to near-infrared light, with its wide field of view and advanced optical design. The mission will provide key insights that will help reveal the nature of dark energy and dark matte
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