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ESA Science

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Keeping you posted on space science activities from the European Space Agency. Web: esa.int/science Privacy Notice: esa.int/connectwithus

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ESA Science
@esascience
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🥁🥁🥁 New Euclid image coming In 1995, astronomers turned @HUBBLE_space to a seemingly empty patch of sky. The now famous Hubble Deep Field turned back with 3000 galaxies. Now, astronomers have done the opposite. 1/2
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This time, they've turned @ESA_Euclid to the most crowded patch of sky we have. Stay tuned tomorrow as we reveal this image at 12:00 CEST 🤩 2/2
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European Space Agency
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Save the date and join our Open Days 2026. 19 - 20 Sept. - ESA HQ, Paris 🇫🇷 25 Sept. - ESA ESRIN, Frascati 🇮🇹 26 - 27 Sept. - ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk 🇳🇱 2 Oct. - ESA ESOC, Darmstadt 🇩🇪 3 Oct. - ESA ESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada 🇪🇸 10 Oct. - ESA ECSAT, Harwell 🇬🇧 Registration
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ESA Webb Telescope
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Jun 22
🆕 Webb has found clues to the ancient origins of 3I/ATLAS! As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025 ☄️ astronomers took the opportunity to study its chemical makeup with the #NIRSpec instrument on Webb. This allowed them to understand
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ESA Science
@esascience
Jun 18
Registrations open for the third Science Directorate Town Hall Join ESA Director of Science, Prof. @CGMundell on 24 June from 14:00 CEST for updates on the Science Programme, future priorities, opportunities for community engagement and a live Q&A. 1/2
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ESA Science
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Jun 18
The virtual event is open to all members of the scientific community. For more details check out this link 👉 cosmos.esa.int/web/dsci_townh… 2/2
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Home - DSCI TownHall Meeting - Cosmos
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ESA Science
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Jun 17
There are more than 30 'dust devils' hiding in our latest photo from Mars Express Can you find them all? 🧐 Discover the answer and find out more about these tornado-like whirlwinds here 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…
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ESA Webb Telescope
@ESA_Webb
Jun 16
🆕 This relic from our galaxy’s formation has had its history revealed by Webb and @HUBBLE_space 🕵️‍♂️ 1/3
$A dramatically crowded starfield that looks like a just-shaken snow globe. The black background of space, which is clearer at the edges, is covered by thousands of tiny white, orange, and blue points of light, which are stars. The stars are most concentrated in the centre, forming a roughly circular orb, and sparser at the edges of the image. Several larger orange stars, particularly those largest near the edges of the frame, have prominent diffraction spikes.$
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ESA Science
@esascience
Jun 16
Thrusters off 🔴 @BepiColombo has switched off its solar electric propulsion as the trio Bepi, Mio and MTM draw closer to Mercury. Meanwhile, on the ground, teams across @esa , @JAXA_en and industry are rehearsing the next critical step for these space adventurers: arriving at
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ESA Operations
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Jun 16
The end of a journey, the start of arrival 🛰️🌑☀️ After 8 years of solar electric propulsion, @esa 's @BepiColombo switches off SEP as it enters its Mercury arrival phase! Next? MTM separation, orbit insertion & a bold new chapter around the innermost planet! 🎉 #bepicolombo
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ESA Science
@esascience
Jun 16
Join us for the 12 August #TotalSolarEclipse! We will host a live broadcast from the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre in Teruel, Spain. Details 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…
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ESA Science
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Jun 15
#SolarEclipses are coming to Europe in 2026, 2027 and 2028. Curious how we predict them? Check this out 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor… Follow esa.int/solareclipse for updates on all three eclipses.
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ESA Science
@esascience
Jun 11
Looking for educational activities around Solar Eclipses? We got you covered. On the occasion of the 12 August eclipse, we prepared an educational kit for teachers, outreach professionals and other enthusiasts, available in English and Spanish 👉 cesar.esa.int/index.php?Sect…
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ESA Webb Telescope
@ESA_Webb
Jun 10
🆕 This is the strongest evidence yet for ‘black hole stars’! Soon after Webb began its observations, it discovered a mysterious type of object in the early Universe known as little red dots (LRDs). What could they be? 🤔 1/3
$A field of galaxies against the black background of space. In the centre is a bright-white elliptical galaxy that is the core of the Abell S1063 galaxy cluster. Around the core are short, curved red lines, which are distant background galaxies magnified and warped by gravitational lensing. A couple of foreground stars appear large and bright with Webb’s signature eight-point diffraction spike pattern. Toward the very bottom, slightly off center toward the right, is a small red dot that is highlighted by an orange square outline. A larger orange square in the top right corner shows the object in more detail. The object, labeled “GLIMPSE-17775” looks like a fuzzy red dot with a yellow core.$
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ESA Science
@esascience
Jun 10
🚨New mission alert!🚨 🌌🪏@esa adopted ‘galactic archaeology’ mission Arrakihs today 👉esa.int/Science_Explor… @ARRAKIHS @aee_gob @CienciaGob
ESA adopts galactic archaeology mission Arrakihs
From esa.int
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European Space Agency
@esa
Jun 10
#MediaInvitation: Following the 347th ESA Council, information session on the core topics discussed. 🗓 17 June, 15:30 CEST 📍 ESA HQ Paris or online ✅Register by 15 June, 17:00 CEST: blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-medi…
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