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Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies

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Space propulsion-as-a-service gets a Boost!

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Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence completes its pre-launch testing, its target asteroids have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own. A special issue of Nature Communications published this week presents studies of the Didymos asteroid and its Dimorphos moon, based on the roughly five and a half minutes of close-range footage returned by NASA’s DART spacecraft before it impacted the latter body – along with post-impact images from the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube.

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Ariane 6: post-launch update

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Juice returns for a lunar-Earth flyby

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ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is coming back to Earth.

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ESA blasts off at Gamescom

Calling all space dreamers and game developers! ESA is back at Gamescom, the world's biggest video game event, kicking off in Cologne from 21 to 25 August. Our stand is in the careers area of Koelnmesse in Hall 10.2, so buckle up for a galaxy of opportunities!

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Week in images: 22-26 July 2024

Week in images: 22-26 July 2024

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FIA 2024 - Day 5

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From Concordia to the Moon

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Concordia is a research station in Antarctica that places you farther away from humankind than even the International Space Station. Every year, ESA sponsors a medical doctor to spend a year, or "winterover," at Concordia station. This year, our medical doctor is Jessica Kehala Studer, who is seen in this picture gazing at the Moon and the vast expanse of Antarctica. Around May, the Sun dips below the horizon for the last time, and the crew experiences four months of total darkness, with temperatures dropping to –80°C in winter. 

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Earth from Space: Paris in focus

Image: This striking high-resolution image offers an in-depth view of central Paris, allowing you to explore and zoom into the city’s most captivating areas in exceptional detail.

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How Europe’s biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage

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The first half of 2024 saw hundreds of people across Europe building, cajoling, shipping, lowering, integrating, securing and protecting the precious pieces and parts that came together to create Ariane 6 – Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket.

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FIA 2024 - Day 4

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Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: all you need to know LINK

Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: all you need to know

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Make the most of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024

Participants of ESA’s Industry Space Days (ISD 2024) share insights and tips on how to make the most of this space technology business event on 18–19 September at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

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Webb images new, cold exoplanet 12 light-years away

An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet existed, it had not been confirmed until Webb imaged it. The planet is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date.

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FIA 2024 - Day 3

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EarthCARE’s multispectral imager puts clouds into context

Launched less than two months ago, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has already returned images from two of its four instruments. Now, it has also delivered the first images from its multispectral imager, showcasing various types of clouds and cloud temperatures worldwide. This instrument is set to add valuable context to the data from EarthCARE’s other instruments.

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FIA 2024 - Day 2

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Sentinel-2C arrives in French Guiana

The Sentinel-2C satellite, the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, has arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana for liftoff on the final Vega rocket in September. Sentinel-2C, like its predecessors, will continue to provide high-quality data for Copernicus – the Earth observation component of the EU Space Programme.

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ESA Space Environment Report 2024

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Week in images: 15-19 July 2024

Week in images: 15-19 July 2024

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