Our dark Universe detective 🕵️ ESA's Euclid mission has discovered a stunning Einstein ring 💍 It surrounds galaxy NGC 6505, which is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a distant galaxy behind it 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…

Amidst all of the chaos in the world, I want to highlight that ARCHIVED - NASA Voyager 1 took this incredible photo 35 years ago today. “..it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, & to preserve & cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” 🌎

Happy planetary parade night! I can only see Mars & Jupiter (& the lovely Pleiades) currently; but what a spectacular sight they always are nonetheless! 🪐

And there’s glass block that makes the world looks like an acrylic painting.

Breaking space news: We have made our own solar eclipse in space! 🌘 Today, we release the first images from our Proba-3 mission, which flies two spacecraft in precise formation to create artificial solar eclipses in orbit. Using a powerful instrument called a coronagraph,

🔭 Until now, observing the inner regions of the Sun’s enigmatic atmosphere – the corona – was close to impossible. 🛰️🛰️☀️ The satellite duo making up our Proba-3 mission fills this observation gap by creating artificial solar eclipses in orbit. 🔗esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

Liftoff. The Artemis II mission launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon. Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

For the first time in over 50 years, humans are Moonbound. At 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a planned test flight around the Moon and

I grew up always wishing I could have seen & experienced the Apollo era & now..we are living & witnessing the Artemis era. What a beautiful launch. Godspeed, Artemis II! 🥹

People who get emotional over rocket launches are my people 🦸🚀

Even in darkness, we glow. In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.

1972 ➡️2026 Apollo 17 ➡️ Artemis II

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough - a true treasure & champion of the world! What a life, what a career, what a legacy. 🎂🌿🐘