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Catch a glittering glimpse of starbirth ✨

This young star cluster, Pismis 24, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope is home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth.

This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

More 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/09/Glitteri…

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✅ Flyby success! Our #Juice spacecraft passed Venus at 07:28 CEST on 31 August.

Juice is built for the cold environment of the Jupiter system, and it’s far too hot at Venus to switch on its cameras. So, no photos this time, but our deep-space antenna in Spain tracked the spacecraft throughout the flyby.

1️⃣ This photo shows our deep-space antenna in Spain in communication with Juice during the flyby. Juice’s current location, Venus, and its destination, Jupiter, are both visible in the sky. 🛰️

3️⃣ & 4️⃣ Congratulations to the Juice operations team at ESA mission control in Germany for the smooth gravity assist that helped Juice pick up the speed required to get to Jupiter. 👏

🧃 Juice’s next planetary flyby will be at Earth in September 2026.

📹 ICYMI: youtube.com/shorts/cr85A811cNs

More 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juic…

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📸 This was our #WeekInImages 25-29 August 2025.

1️⃣ Webb's view of planet-forming disc IRAS 04302+2247 🦋
2️⃣ Taking a third look 🌌
3️⃣ Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Hubble, Webb & ALMA images) ✨
4️⃣ The Ground Laser Transmitter at the Kryoneri Observatory 🔭
5️⃣ Algae bloom chlorophyll South Australia 🌏
6️⃣ Extent of Arctic permafrost 1997 and 2021 🧊

More 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images…

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🆕 Webb has looked into the heart of a cosmic butterfly ✨🦋

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in the core of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. From the dense, dusty torus that surrounds the star hidden at the centre of the nebula to its outflowing jets, the Webb observations reveal many new discoveries that paint a never-before-seen portrait of a dynamic and structured planetary nebula.

1️⃣ Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb and ALMA image)
2️⃣ Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Optical Hubble image)
3️⃣ Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Near-infrared Hubble image)
4️⃣ Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Hubble and Webb + ALMA images, stacked)
5️⃣ Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 (Webb and ALMA image, annotated)

More 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb…

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📸 This was our #WeekInImages 18-22 August 2025.

1️⃣ Noteworthy nearby spiral ✨
2️⃣ New moon of Uranus 🆕
3️⃣ Aurora Australis over Concordia station 🤩
4️⃣ Iberian fires August 2025 🔥
5️⃣ Sea-level charting satellite arrives at California launch site 🛰️

More 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images…

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🔥 Southern Europe is burning—again.

Southern Europe is once again in the grip of extreme summer heat. Soaring temperatures and bone-dry land have fuelled widespread wildfires, with the Iberian Peninsula among the regions hardest hit. Flames continue to sweep across parched landscapes, as these images show.

1️⃣ Sentinel-2 true-colour image: active fires rage across parched terrain in Spain, their smoke plumes thick and fast-moving.

2️⃣ Map of atmospheric carbon monoxide on 17 August: Wildfires don’t just burn—they pollute. Satellite data reveals elevated carbon monoxide levels, a serious threat to air quality and human health.

3️⃣ Sentinel-3 wide view of the Iberian Peninsula: smoke billows across Spain and Portugal, drifting into the Bay of Biscay and merging with Atlantic cloud systems.

4️⃣ Sentinel-2 false-colour image showing burnt scars and active fires in Portugal and Spain.

5️⃣ Map of fire hotspots on 17 August: each dot marks intense heat. Data from VIIRS shows the radiative power of fires across southern Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.

Copernicus satellites and emergency mapping services help responders on the ground and inform climate action from above.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Iberi…

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📸 It's #WorldPhotographyDay2025! We've sent cameras to some amazing places, and we're getting ready to send more. Here are some 'out of this world' views (and a couple of 'out of this world' photographers). ✨🌍🧑‍🚀

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📸 This was our #WeekInImages 11-15 August 2025.

1️⃣ Low brightness, high interest ✨
2️⃣ MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 ready for liftoff 🚀
3️⃣ MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 lift off 🔥
4️⃣ FLEX instrument meets its satellite 🛰️
5️⃣ AGGA-4 Chip ✔️

More 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images…

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📸 This was our #WeekInImages 04-08 August 2025.

1️⃣ A sea monster and a Tarantula ✨
2️⃣ Hubble sizes up rare interstellar comet ☄️
3️⃣ MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite fully assembled in the launch tower 🚀
4️⃣ Training robots from space 🤖
5️⃣ Mars Express views Acheron Fossae’s western fringes 🔴

More 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images…

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🐈‍⬛ It's #InternationalCatDay and we found the purrfect image for today...

The Cat's Eye Nebula, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 🧪🔭👇
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2003/05/NGC_6543…

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