This week’s #ImageOfTheWeek takes us to Egypt’s Suez Canal, where Open Cosmos Hyper-500 highlights a powerful tool for global maritime security: dark vessel detection. When vessels turn off their transponders to evade traditional tracking, satellite data provides a verifiable and unalterable source of orbital observation. This false colour image captures an active Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer directly in the channel, pinpointing the exact physical presence of the ships. The data also captures the broader environment, mapping the geometric grids of the nearby Port Said aquaculture project and tracking water turbidity plumes to see how this heavy traffic impacts the coastline. By cross-referencing real-time hyperspectral imagery with AIS tracking logs, maritime operators can instantly check if transponders are off and flag anomalies keeping global supply chains transparent and secure. #OpenCosmos #SuezCanal #EarthObservation #MaritimeSecurity

🔬 A fluorescent view of Candida albicans in action: 🔵 Blue = growth structures spreading through tissue 🟢 Green = energy “powerhouses” 🔴 Red = storage & recycling hubs 📸 Dr Tina Bedekovic #ImageOfTheWeek #Science #Fungi #CandidaAlbicans #Health

🔬#ImageOfTheWeek Powered by the #Brilluoin Join us at #ELMI2026 for our workshop: “Empowering Live-Cell Biomechanical Imaging with Correlative Brillouin Technology"👉tinyurl.com/5du4axvf See Poster 38 presented by @UnivdeCoimbra & meet our team at Booth 19 #FluorescenceFriday

#ImageOfTheWeek by Ebenezer Daniel, Anoop George Alex, and Oommen K. George, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. What is the mechanism underlying the persistent contrast staining seen in this case? ow.ly/6lFi50Z9L0N

Most large telescopes are tall & spindly. This one? Short & squat. Meet NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope in this @NOIRLabAstro #ImageOfTheWeek! With a unique three-mirror design & low center of gravity, this 350-ton machine moves & maps the night sky quickly.

📽️ Behind the scenes at the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology Ian, one of our lab technicians, preparing agar plates 🧫 a routine step behind vital fungal infection research. Our team of 16 lab techs drive research behind the scenes. #ImageOfTheWeek #LabLife

#ImageOfTheWeek by Meriem Ghozzia and Rami Tlili, Department of Cardiology, Mongi Slim Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia. What is the diagnosis in this 71-year-old patient with angina? ow.ly/hO9y50Z74yh

Our Pan-European facilities are engineered for high-throughput production and precision at scale. With our production now at an all-time high, we are meeting global demand with unprecedented pace-ensuring that every satellite we build is mission-ready without compromise. To ensure every mission is a success, each satellite undergoes a rigorous testing process. While this represents just a fraction of our comprehensive testing suite, milestones like end-to-end functional testing and vibration testing for structural integrity are essential. We also leverage our Walk-in TVAC chamber to simulate the extreme thermal gradients of space, validating hardware performance under vacuum to ensure every satellite is ready for the journey ahead.  It is this level of industrial rigour that allows us to scale rapidly while maintaining our 100% mission success rate in orbit. #ImageofTheWeek #OpenCosmos #SatelliteProduction #LEO #SatelliteManufacturing #cleanroom

Today’s #ImageOfTheWeek: Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungus that can infect people with weakened immune systems. Not all strains are the same - by staining with calcofluor white to highlight chitin in the cell walls we can identify differences in the cell wall. 📸 @EGalueMozo

#ImageOfTheWeek by Walid Zenini and Naziha Soltani from CH Narbonne, France. What does the following transoesophageal echocardiographic image demonstrate? ow.ly/or0L50Z4z0q

Organoids are tiny 3D “organs” grown in the lab. They help researchers study disease, test drugs, and advance personalised medicine without human or animal testing. Image shows organoids infected with Candida albicans. 📷 O.Ross & E.Hickey #ImageOfTheWeek #Fungus #Microscopy

#ImageOfTheWeek by Liabot Quentin and David Meier from CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland. What does this OCT image show? ow.ly/mqa050Z24pV #cardioed

This week's #ImageOfTheWeek highlights one of agriculture's most recognisable patterns from orbit - center-pivot irrigation systems. Captured across four locations, these circular fields are impossible to miss in our EO imagery. Each disc represents a single pivot arm rotating around a central water source. Valued for their ability to efficiently maximise crop yield across large areas of land, these systems also help reduce water runoff and soil erosion associated with traditional ground irrigation. Open Cosmos multispectral and hyperspectral imagery reveals how well these systems are performing - detecting variations in crop health, nitrogen-content, water distribution and stress across individual circles, giving farmers the actionable intelligence to optimise fertiliser and water consumption and reduce costs. #OpenCosmos #EarthObservation #Agriculture #Irrigation

#ImageOfTheWeek by Mohammad Nasser Khattab from Al Bassel Heart Institute, Damascus, Syria. A 19-year-old man presented with persistent fatigue, weakness, dizziness, and palpitations for two months, with recurrent chest pain. What is the diagnosis? ow.ly/u4jV50YYHuf

This week’s #ImageOfTheWeek captures UK oilseed rape fields in full bloom. While true colour imagery shows a yellow canopy, our Hyper-500 hyperspectral sensor measures narrower bandwidths to detect subtle variations in water and nutrients. This helps growers identify localised moisture stress or nitrogen gaps, even when crops appear uniform in standard imagery. These insights enable farmers to make informed, site-specific decisions based on real-time crop health. #OpenCosmos #EarthObservation #Agriculture #UKFarming

🔬#ImageOfTheWeek | Powered by the #Bridges Lab 🦠Unveiling the #Biofilm Journey. Biofilm cells (Magenta); Biofilm matrix components (Yellow). Thank you to Prof. Bridges & team at the @CarnegieMellon for these images. tinyurl.com/bdzcb6v9 #TheV3Advantage #FluorescenceFriday

#ImageOfTheWeek by Riccardo Scagliola from Cardinal G. Massaia Hospital, Asti, Italy. What is the most likely cause for this structure? ow.ly/47fL50YRAQw #cardioed