Artist's impression of the Euclid spacecraft. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab (spacecraft); NASA, ESA, CXC, C. Ma, H. Ebeling and E. Barrett (University of Hawaii/IfA), et al. and STScI (background)
Learn more about the UK's involvement in the mission 👉 gov.uk/government/c...
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Euclid and Hubble images of the Cat's Eye Nebula. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Q1-2025, J.-C. Cuillandre & E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), Z. Tsvetanov
Hubble and ESA's Euclid have teamed up to reveal the Cat's Eye Nebula in extraordinary new detail.🌌
The Euclid mission is imaging vast swathes of the sky to help explore dark matter and energy, with an instrument onboard funded by £37 million from the UK Space Agency.
👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Extraordinary new image of comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by ESA's JUICE from 66 million km away - showing its glowing coma, sweeping tail, jets and filaments. ☄️
We invested £9m into JUICE's science instruments, with British universities and industry playing a central role.
👉 www.gov.uk/government/c...
A shiny, golden spacecraft at the centre of the frame stretches out its two solar panels towards the top and bottom. The panels are not quite fully stretched, with two slight bends in each. In the background, we see Earth, with the horizon curving from left to right across the top third of the frame.
📣 Call for journalists: attend the Smile launch media event at Europe’s Spaceport!
Smile is a scientific collaboration between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Science. The mission will study how Earth responds to the solar wind.
Registration details 👉 www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre... 1/2
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We are thrilled to announce that Mauve has achieved ‘first light’, beginning a new era in astronomical data delivery from small, rapidly built space telescopes. 🛰️
Mauve was pointed at its first calibration target, eta UMa, a bright star in the constellation Ursa Major. 🌟
Annelies Look
Chris White-Horne
Our Deputy CEOs Annelies Look and Chris White-Horne have decided to leave the Civil Service in the summer to pursue new opportunities, after long and successful careers spanning MOD, NATO, DHSC, DfT and now DSIT.
Read more 👉 linkedin.com/feed/update/...
We are pleased to announce that Rebecca Evernden has been appointed as Director of the new UK Space Agency.
Rebecca is passionate about maximising the UK’s space potential, having worked in space for ten years.
Read more 👉
linkedin.com/feed/update/...
UK Space Agency t-shirts are now available from the
@sciencemuseum.org.uk shop! 🚀
Grab yours today. 👇
Professor Mike Cruise.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Mike Cruise, a leading figure in space science whose work on gravitational waves transformed our understanding of the Universe.
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Seven women. Seven careers. Seven pieces of advice.
For #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience we’re celebrating the voices and wisdom of women shaping science and technology across Europe. #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM
www.youtube.com/shorts/BNk-b...
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🏾🔬👩🏻🔧👩🏼🚀
Following in the footsteps of the UK's first astronaut, Helen Sharman, are UK ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan, Member of ESA's Astronaut Reserve @astromeganne.bsky.social. 👩🚀👩🚀👩🚀
Hear from Meganne on who inspired her. 👇
An intern standing in front of a satellite dish at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, UK.
Our new Skills for Space programme is offering paid internships across the UK space sector. 🎓
Running for eight weeks this summer, the programme gives undergraduates and FE students hands-on experience working on real-world projects. 🛰️
Learn more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
ForgeStar®. Credit: Space Forge
We've awarded contacts to 3 UK companies to explore manufacturing advanced materials in Low Earth Orbit.🛰️🌍
Microgravity conditions could enable production of life-saving medicines, and semiconductors that are difficult to make on Earth. 💊
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
Chuong Van Dang, Chief of Staff at Magdrive, Paul Bate, CEO of the UK Space Agency, Mark Stokes, CEO and co-founder of Magdrive, Anotonia Yendell, Head of Space Ecosystem at the UK Space Agency. Credit: Stuart Harrison / Magdrive
A new laboratory helping UK companies test satellite engines has opened at Harwell Campus.🚀
The DEEP Lab, built by Magdrive with support from us, gives businesses access to specialist testing facilities for electric propulsion systems. 🛰️
Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Excellent work Freya! 🛰️👩🔬
#CanSat
UK Space Agency CEO, Dr Paul Bate.
After 4.5 years leading the UK Space Agency, our CEO, Dr Paul Bate is stepping down in March.
Under Paul's leadership, the Agency secured record ESA investment, welcomed 3 new UK astronauts & expanded national space funding.
We wish Paul all the best.
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
Airbus Launchpad opening with Kata Escott, Managing Director Airbus Defence and Space UK, Kevin Bonavia, MP for Stevenage, and Craig Brown, Director of Investment at the UK Space Agency. Credit: Airbus
The Airbus Launchpad is open. 🚀
The £3.9m UK Space Agency-backed facility will give space SMEs and start-ups free access to labs and testing facilities in Stevenage. 🛰️
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/n...
ColKa (Columbus Ka-band antenna). Credit: ESA–M. Cowan.
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover installing the Columbus KA-band antenna (ColKa) outside ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station. Credit: ESA/NASA
Five years of ColKa! 🎉
On this day in 2021, the UK's first industrial contribution to the International Space Station was installed. 🛰️
Built by MDA Space UK and funded by us, ColKa transmits data faster, revolutionising how scientists in the UK and Europe access experiment results. 📡
Sign for the 18th European Space Conference 2026.
Audience at a conference viewing a large screen featuring a speaker.
We're at the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels, where space industry, academia and decision-makers from across Europe are meeting to discuss shared challenges and collaboration opportunities. 🚀
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Promotional poster for Demo Day on 24th February 2026, organized by UK Space Agency and E-Spark, featuring collage of enthusiastic attendees in business and casual attire, engaging in discussions and networking. The poster is predominantly blue with an invitation to join the event.
Fusion’s Virtual Demo Day will kick off in February. 🚀
If you are an investor, book your place to meet UK’s most promising space entrepreneurs and explore the technologies shaping the sector’s future. 🛰️
📅 24 February
⏰ 10:00 am
Register here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fusion-vir...
Launches from the UK booked. 🚀
Two more missions are set to lift off from SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland with RFA, testing new products and applications in orbit. 🛰️
We're funding two four-month pilot projects to bring the benefits of space to agriculture. 🛰️🚜
The pilots will work directly with farmers, growers and technology suppliers to co-develop space-driven tools in cropping and land health. 📡🌾🌱
space.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/20/u...
While space weather can create beautiful displays, it can also have damaging effects, including to vital satellite services.🛰️
In November, the UK committed £131 million to the UK-led
@esa.int Vigil mission, which will help give advance warning of dangerous solar storms. ☀️🌍
Red and green aurora with light cloud. Credit: Will Gater.
Did you catch the #aurora over the UK last night? This photo was taken on Dartmoor! 📸
Share your aurora photos below 👇
£20 million new UK space innovation hub in Buckinghamshire.
The Westcott Space Hub is officially open! 🚀
The new Buckinghamshire facility offers cutting-edge testing and workspace for UK space businesses and is backed by £5.8m from the UK Space Agency. 🛰️
Read more 👉 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Today marks 10 years since Tim Peake became the first UK ESA astronaut to complete a spacewalk. 🛰️👨🚀
Tim worked on the outside of the International Space Station for nearly 5 hours during his Principia mission.🛰️
Watch the highlights 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Shaken, not stirred. 😎
ESA Plato has passed the first round of tests designed to ensure its fit for launch. 🚀
The UK is playing a leading role in the mission - from developing camera detectors, to building the mission’s data centre. 📸
Read more 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/09/s...
Join us for Fusion’s Virtual Demo Day, hosted by the UK Space Agency Accelerator, and meet a cohort of investment-ready UK space ventures, showcasing innovations across defence, climatetech, AI and more. 🛰️
📅 24 February
⏰ 10:00 am
Register 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/fusion-vir...
Partial solar eclipse
Have a look at this handy guide from the Royal Observatory on what's coming up in the night sky in 2026, including planets, meteor showers and the UK’s best solar eclipse since 1999. 🪐☄️👇
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/spac...
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Meganne Christian and a young volunteer engaging in a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Credit: Paul Wilkinson Photography.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Rosemary Coogan, Meganne Christian and John McFall at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Credit: Paul Wilkinson Photography.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, John McFall and a young volunteer engaging in a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Credit: Paul Wilkinson Photography.
Rosemary Coogan holding Shaun the Sheep. Credit: Paul Wilkinson Photography.
Did you catch this year’s @rigb.org Christmas Lectures? 🌠
If not, you can now watch all three lectures on BBC iPlayer. 📺
👉 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
