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As Sophie walks out to the launchpad, the French flag on her shoulder and the ESA emblem on her suit say it all - national pride and European unity, together in orbit.

As DG of @esa.int, I couldn’t be prouder. Bon voyage, Sophie. Europe is with you every step of the way 🚀

A telescopic image of the Orion Nebula, a bright center lights up a red surrounding shaped by darker dust clouds

The Orion Nebula from a bortle 7 balcony in Germany

#astrophptography #astronomy #space #telescope

Telescopic image of a galaxy among many stars

The Fireworks Galaxy, imaged from my balcony just now. Happy new year!

#astronomy #astrophotography #space #newyear

#ICYMI

Earlier this morning we saw liftoff of Ariane 6 for Galileo launch 14 #VA266

Two more Galileo satellites are heading to medium Earth orbit to join Europe's navigation service constellation 🛰️🛰️

Stay tuned for satellite separation later!

@esa.int @euspa.bsky.social @cnes.fr

Grainy space image, with white dots on a dark background. At the centre of the image is a larger, bright white blob with a faint white line stretching towards the top of the frame.

Grainy space image, with white dots on a dark background. At the centre of the image is a larger, bright white blob with a faint white line stretching towards the top of the frame. Key elements of the image are labelled: coma, plasma tail, potential dust tail. An inset shows the location of the Sun, Juice and comet 3I/ATLAS during the observation.

☄️ Our #ESAJuice team couldn't wait until February, when they will receive data on #3IATLAS from the mission's science instruments.

So they downloaded just a quarter of an image from its navigation camera to get a surprise sneak preview.

More info and annotations 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
🔭 🧪

The cover image has a mosaic telescopic image of the andromeda galaxy in the background. At the top right the tudsat logo stands above neon orange text reading "open meeting". Below the galaxy it says WISE 25/26 in purple neon. a little opague purple and orange box in the lower left contains the date and location

The background is a telexopic shot of the moon with a plane crossing it. The tudsat logo sits at the top right. A speech bubble at the top and a cloud at the botton contain information also covered in the post.

Ever dreamt of being part of a real #space program, launching satellites, rockets and building rovers?

At TU Darmstadt Space Technology, your dreams become reality! You are warmly invited to come and visit us at our next open meeting on Friday, November 21st at 6pm.
Location: S311|0012 TU Darmstadt

⚡️Solar storm incoming! We are actively monitoring severe space weather events, occurring on 11-12 November. Severely disturbed geomagnetic conditions are expected to persist for at least 24 to 48 hours.

🔗 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

@operations.esa.int @science.esa.int

A 2 hour mosaic of the eastern part of the veil nebula. It's beautiful colours make this supernova remnant one of my favourite Deep Space Objects!

#astrophotography #astronomy #telescope #space

A telescopic image of the andromeda galaxy in the center, with 2 smaller elliptical galaxies above and below it. other stars and galaxies can be seen in the background, the image has a brownish hue with the bright galactic core of andromeda standing out

A full mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy together with it's satellite galaxies M110 & M32 taken November 6th from Darmstadt, Germany. #astrophotography #astronomy #space

Illustration showing spacecraft A, probe B1 built by JAXA and probe B2, and the suite of instruments they each carry, alongside other important components. The instruments and parts are colour coded according to four categories: blue for Dust, Fields and Plasma (DFP) instrument suite, orange for Plasma instrument suite, red for other scientific instruments, and green for important components.

#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 collaboration with JAXA.

1/ #CM25 🔭

Telescopic image of the moon with an airliner crossing it from top to bottom

Caught a plane crossing in front of the moon

- November 4th 2025

#astrophotography #astronomy