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May 8th, 2026 09:07:00 EDT -0400 Week in images: 04-08 May 2026

Week in images: 04-08 May 2026

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May 8th, 2026 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Greenland's changing ice
Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1. Image: Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
May 7th, 2026 12:00:00 EDT -0400 ESA and JAXA team up on planetary defence, Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to deepen collaboration in planetary defence, alongside a dedicated agreement for collaboration on the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

May 7th, 2026 04:45:00 EDT -0400 Extended Reality at ESA opens new pathways for space exploration
Extended reality at ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) is using Extended Reality (XR) to support training, enhance operations, improve simulation environments, and to bring the wonders of space to the public.

May 6th, 2026 08:58:00 EDT -0400 Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation
Airship over Sodankylä

In the far northern reaches of Finnish Lapland, an ambitious new chapter in Earth observation is unfolding. The European Space Agency, together with the Finnish Meteorological Institute and Finnish industrial partners, is advancing plans to develop a state-of-the-art ‘supersite’ in Sodankylä.

The plan is to equip this remote site with an array of new advanced environmental measuring technologies, including a striking high-tech airship carrying sensors to perform regional surveys.

May 6th, 2026 06:00:00 EDT -0400 Webb & Hubble find massive star clusters emerge faster
Star-forming regions in M51

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have looked deeply at thousands of young star clusters in four nearby galaxies, studying clusters at different stages of evolution. Their findings show that more massive star clusters emerge more quickly from the clouds they are born in, clearing away gas and filling the galaxy with ultraviolet light. The result gives us a better understanding of star formation in galaxies, as well as how and where planets can form.

May 1st, 2026 09:15:00 EDT -0400 Week in images: 27 April - 01 May 2026
Mekong River, Cambodia

Week in images: 27 April - 01 May 2026

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May 1st, 2026 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Netherlands in bloom
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 April 2026, this image shows a double bloom in the Netherlands: an array of vibrant colours in the tulip fields as well as the blue-greenish swirls of phytoplankton in the North Sea. Image: Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 21 April 2026, this image shows a double bloom in the Netherlands: an array of vibrant colours in the tulip fields as well as the blue-greenish swirls of phytoplankton in the North Sea.