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Solar Orbiter extreme-ultraviolet image of the whole Sun, with bright active regions and loops of hot gas reaching off the edge of the disk

October 8, 2026ESA

Solar Orbiter Traces Solar Wind Switchbacks to the Sun's Surface

September 3, 2026ESA

BepiColombo Begins Its Arrival at Mercury Ahead of Orbit Insertion

Hubble color image of Saturn showing a ten-sided wave pattern around its south pole

September 2, 2026ESA/Hubble

Hubble Tracks a New Ten-Sided Wave Forming Around Saturn's South Pole

Map of Io from Juno's Microwave Radiometer showing heat rising from beneath the surface

July 22, 2026NASA

Juno Takes the First Temperature Readings Beneath the Surface of Io

VLT image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS taken on 18 January 2026

July 6, 2026ESO

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Formed Around a Very Old Star