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    Cebreros transmitting the Blue Danube Waltz
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    Mount Etna erupts

    03/06/2025 73561 views 563 likes
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    The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe's largest active volcano.
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    Hubble and Gaia revisit fate of our galaxy

    02/06/2025 2536 views 39 likes
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    Milky Way and Andromeda encounters
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    Final call: ESA’s Junior Professional Programme – your portal to space

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Earth from Space: Saharan dust plume

05/06/2025 8369 views 40 likes
A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these satellite images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
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On 31 May, a live performance of The Blue Danube – often referred to as the ‘anthem of space’ – was transmitted by the European Space Agency (ESA) into the vastness of space. The event marked a double celebration: ESA’s 50th anniversary and the 200th birthday of the King of Waltz Johann Strauss II.
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The Blue Danube Waltz sent into the stars

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ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky

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ESA’s ocean training expedition arrives in Nice
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Tall ship brings ESA ocean science training to Nice

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Earth from Space: Cloud-free Iceland

30/05/2025 2146 views 57 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission shows us a rare, cloud-free view of Iceland captured on 17 May 2025.
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Ariane 6 first flight highlights

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Euclid’s view of the Horsehead Nebula

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Earth from Space: Saharan dust plume

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Mount Etna erupts

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Mount Etna eruption sulphur dioxide

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Group photo from the Space Systems Engineering Training Course held at ESEC-Galaxia in May 2025
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Earth from Space: Saharan dust plume

05/06/2025 8369 views 40 likes
A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these satellite images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mount Etna erupts

03/06/2025 73561 views 563 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe's largest active volcano.
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Earth from Space: Cloud-free Iceland

30/05/2025 2146 views 57 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission shows us a rare, cloud-free view of Iceland captured on 17 May 2025.
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Webb glimpses the distant past

27/05/2025 19741 views 322 likes
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Earth from Space: Alakol, the multicoloured lake

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Lake Alakol in eastern Kazakhstan is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
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