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The three spacecraft of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury are stacked together in launch configuration To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Bright carbon dioxide ice clings to the walls of a crater in the south polar region of Mars To source

Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s Moon-orbiting SMART-1 probe ended its mission on the Moon 12 years ago today, but its final resting place was only seen last year To source

Space Science Image of the Week: These crisscrossed lines trace the footprints of the Mars Express radar investigation that points to buried water To source

A taste of the transformative science that the James Webb Space Telescope will enable, from chasing down the Universe’s first galaxies to characterising exoplanets in solar systems beyond our own To source

Final inspections for the Mercury Transfer Module’s solar arrays before being stowed for launch To source

As Japan’s Hayabusa2 drew closer to its target Ryugu asteroid, a strange new planetoid came into view – but one with a somewhat familiar shape. This distinct ‘spinning top’ asteroid class has been seen repeatedly in recent years, and might give a foretaste of things to come for ESA’s proposed Hera mission. To source

Test your memory and get to know BepiColombo and its journey to Mercury To source

ESA’s Integral satellite joined an international collaboration to find first evidence of the source of high-energy neutrinos: a flaring active galaxy or ‘blazar’ To source

The ExoMars orbiter sends a selection of images from around the Red Planet To source

Hubble proves Einstein correct on galactic scales, using a ‘cosmic magnifying lens’ to make the most precise test of general relativity yet outside the Milky Way To source

ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star. To source

BepiColombo’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter is fitted with its bespoke, hand-sewn insulation blankets To source