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Vision problems emerge as astronauts spend months in orbit
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Week in images: 14-18 July 2025
Week in images: 14-18 July 2025
Discover our week through the lens
Facebook added 'value' to Instagram, Zuckerberg tells antitrust trial
Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg testified for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial, defending his conglomerate Meta against accusations it took over Instagram and WhatsApp to devour budding competitors.
The federal court trial in Washington has dashed Zuckerberg's hopes that the return of President Donald Trump to the White House would see the government let up on the enf Earth from Space: Circles in the desert
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This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia. New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well
When the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) flew past our Moon in August 2024, its Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) instrument listened to radio wave echoes to reveal the height of the lunar surface.
Space exploration should be more democratic and equitable to all potential actors
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Vigil: Space weather reporter launches in deep space
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ALTIUS ozone mission’s satellite platform assembled
In a spotless cleanroom, engineers at Redwire’s facilities in Belgium, have completed the assembly of a key part ESA’s ALTIUS ozone mission – the all-important satellite platform is now fully formed ready to receive its measuring instrument.
Four-legged robot’s first encounter with microgravity
For the exploration of planetary bodies with low gravity, such as the Moon or Mars, legged robots have an advantage over traditional rovers. One such robot recently jumped from wall to wall in conditions simulating partial microgravity and free flight at the European Space Agency’s Orbital Robotic Laboratory.