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First results from CHEOPS: ESA's exoplanet observer reveals extreme alien world
ESA's new exoplanet mission, CHEOPS, has found a nearby planetary system to contain one of the hottest and most extreme extra-solar planets known to date: WASP-189 b. The finding, the very first from the mission, demonstrates CHEOPS' unique ability to shed light on the Universe around us by revealing the secrets of these alien worlds.
Unique ultraviolet aurora spied at Rosetta's comet
ESA's Rosetta mission has revealed a unique kind of aurora, an exciting phenomenon seen throughout the Solar System, at its target comet, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Hubble captures crisp new image of Jupiter and Europa [heic2017]
This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth.
New Hubble data suggests there is an ingredient missing from current dark matter theories [heic2016]
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have found that something may be missing from the theories of how dark matter behaves.
Auroral substorms triggered by 'short circuiting' of plasma flows
New research using data from multiple spacecraft, including ESA's Cluster mission, has revealed the cause behind the sudden brightening of the auroral oval before it breaks up into a substorm.
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Replay: Solar Orbiter first image release
Watch a replay of the press briefing from 16 July with Solar Orbiter mission experts, who presented the unique first images from ESA's new Sun-observing spacecraft.
Latest Announcements
Latest Announcements
Gaia Early Data Release 3 in December 2020
Save the date: the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) will be published on 3 December 2020 at 12:00 CET. The full Gaia Data Release 3 is expected in the first half of 2022. For all details about the Gaia EDR3 see the dedicated overview page linked from here.
New deadline for JWST Cycle 1 General Observer Proposals
After consulting with the JWST Users Committee, STScI, NASA, ESA, and CSA have finalized the review schedule for Cycle 1 proposals. The JWST Cycle 1 General Observer (GO) proposal deadline will be 08:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Tuesday November 24, 2020.
CHEOPS Discretionary Programme is now open
Proposals are invited for the CHEOPS Discretionary Programme, an element of the Guest Observers Programme which enables scientists to propose observations of individual targets that have been discovered, or declared to be of high scientific merit, since the close of AO-1 back in mid-May 2019.
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Spotlight on
Bepi in the sky with stars: photo contest winners announced
These are the winning entries in the photo competition for amateur astronomers who captured the unique event of the European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft's flyby of Earth.
Spacecraft Testing
Spacecraft Testing
#6: Start of assembly and integration for JUICE
Despite certain operational difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the assembly and integration of the flight model for ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has continued with few delays during the first six months of the year.
#5: JUICE begins to take shape
The assembly of the flight model of ESA's JUICE spacecraft began in September, with the delivery of the spacecraft's primary structure, followed by integration of the propulsion system that will enable the mission to reach and study Jupiter and its moons.
#1: Euclid completes thermal-vacuum balance tests
This is the first entry in the Euclid Test Campaign Journal, a series of articles covering the main events during testing of the Structural and Thermal Model (STM) and Flight Model (FM) of the spacecraft.
