https://sci.esa.int/web/newssyndication/rss/sciweb.xml/-/asset_publisher/Lbqlu6xp3TsN/rss Science & Technology Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:06:03 GMT 2026-03-08T03:06:03Z https://sci.esa.int/web/director-desk/-/extended-life-for-esa-s-science-missions?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:29:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/director-desk/-/extended-life-for-esa-s-science-missions?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Suraj Bihari 2023-03-07T16:29:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/cheops-ao-3-programmes?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss The CHEOPS Time Allocation Committee (TAC) met on 11 - 13 May 2022 to review proposals submitted to the third and final annual Announcement of Opportunity (AO-3) for observing time in ESA's CHEOPS Guest Observers Programme during the nominal mission. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:28:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/cheops-ao-3-programmes?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Suraj Bihari 2022-06-07T07:28:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/cheops-announcement-of-opportunity-ao-3?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Proposals are solicited in response to the third, and final, Announcement of Opportunity (AO-3) for observing time in the CHEOPS Guest Observers Programme during the nominal mission. This AO covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 24 September 2023. Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:07:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/cheops-announcement-of-opportunity-ao-3?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Suraj Bihari 2022-02-15T10:07:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/cheops-ao-3-postponed?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss The third annual announcement of opportunity (AO-3) for participation in the CHEOPS Guest Observers Programme was due to open on 9 November 2021. The AO has been postponed and is currently foreseen to come out in early 2022. Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:00:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/cheops-ao-3-postponed?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Suraj Bihari 2021-11-05T06:00:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/jwst/-/webb-passes-key-launch-clearance-review?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss The international James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review for its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:35:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/jwst/-/webb-passes-key-launch-clearance-review?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Science & Technology 2021-07-01T08:35:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/unique-exoplanet-photobombs-cheops-study-of-nearby-star-system?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss While exploring two exoplanets in a bright nearby star system, ESA's exoplanet-hunting CHEOPS satellite has unexpectedly spotted the system's third known planet crossing the face of the star. This transit reveals exciting details about a rare planet "with no known equivalent", say the researchers. Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/cheops/-/unique-exoplanet-photobombs-cheops-study-of-nearby-star-system?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Science & Technology 2021-06-28T12:00:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/director-desk/-/voyage-2050-sets-sail-esa-chooses-future-science-mission-themes?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss ESA's large-class science missions for the timeframe 2035-2050 will focus on moons of the giant Solar System planets, temperate exoplanets or the galactic ecosystem, and new physical probes of the early Universe. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/director-desk/-/voyage-2050-sets-sail-esa-chooses-future-science-mission-themes?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Science & Technology 2021-06-11T08:00:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/cosmic-vision/-/esa-selects-revolutionary-venus-mission-envision?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss EnVision will be ESA's next Venus orbiter, providing a holistic view of the planet from its inner core to upper atmosphere to determine how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:59:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/cosmic-vision/-/esa-selects-revolutionary-venus-mission-envision?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Science & Technology 2021-06-10T09:59:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/juice/-/-8-successful-integration-of-juice-s-10.6-metre-long-arm?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss The development of ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) is continuing apace and has hit milestones in recent months: the spacecraft's 10.6-metre-long boom is now attached, many instruments have been integrated, and the mission's high-gain antenna has arrived and undergone rigorous vibration testing to ensure it can withstand launch into space. Thu, 15 Apr 2021 01:00:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/juice/-/-8-successful-integration-of-juice-s-10.6-metre-long-arm?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Science & Technology 2021-04-15T01:00:00Z https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/12-rare-einstein-crosses-discovered-with-gaia?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Thanks to ESA's star mapping spacecraft Gaia and machine learning, astronomers have discovered 12 quasars whose light is so strongly deflected by foreground galaxies that they are each visible as four distinct images, called an 'Einstein cross'. These crosses are unique tools to learn more about dark matter and the expansion rate of the Universe. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:00:00 GMT https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/12-rare-einstein-crosses-discovered-with-gaia?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fnewssyndication%2Frss%2Fsciweb.xml%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FLbqlu6xp3TsN%2Frss Science & Technology 2021-04-07T15:00:00Z