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ESA Space Science News
Dead star lights up nearby galaxy
24/04/2024
While ESA's Integral was observing the sky, it suddenly spotted a burst of gamma-rays coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA’s XMM-Newton searched for an afterglow from the explosion but found none. Astronomers realised that the burst must have been an extra-galactic flare from a magnetar, a young neutron star with an exceptionally strong magnetic field.
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Signs of spiders from Mars
24/04/2024
No sign of Ziggy Stardust – but ESA’s Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars.
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Hubble celebrates 34th anniversary
23/04/2024
In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of the legendary NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 24 April, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favourite target of amateur astronomers.
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Sailing among the stars – Gaia's role in discovering distant worlds
22/04/2024
Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered if there are other planets out there beyond our Solar System?
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Rare sighting of ‘doomed’ SOHO comet during solar eclipse
19/04/2024
Photo of total solar eclipse
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Hubble goes hunting for small main-belt asteroids
18/04/2024
Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to visually snag a largely unseen population of smaller asteroids in their tracks. The treasure hunt required pursuing 37 000 Hubble images spanning 19 years. The payoff was finding 1701 asteroid trails, with 1031 of those asteroids uncatalogued. About 400 of these uncatalogued asteroids are about below a km in size.
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Total solar eclipse 8 April 2024
10/04/2024
This image shows the total solar eclipse of 8 April 2024, as seen from the Dunas de Bilbao, Mexico at 12:20 CST.
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Proba-2 sees the Moon eclipse the Sun
09/04/2024
ESA’s Proba-2 captured two partial solar eclipses on 8 April 2024.
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Solar eclipses – and how to make them
08/04/2024
During a solar eclipse the Earth is plunged into darkness and the Sun’s ghostly atmosphere becomes visible.
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Euclid mission team honoured with Space Foundation Award
08/04/2024
The Euclid mission team was awarded this year’s Space Achievement Award by the Space Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded in 1983 to foster collaboration across the global space community.
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SOHO reaches 5000 comets
27/03/2024
A citizen scientist digging through data from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory has found the mission’s 5000th comet.
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Marvel at stunning echo of 800-year-old explosion
26/03/2024
In the year 1181 a rare supernova explosion appeared in the night sky, staying visible for 185 consecutive days.
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Galactic Chloé - the Gaia mission
19/12/2023
For Gaia’s 10-year anniversary, ESA champion Galactic Chloé and the ESA Gaia team are very happy to collaborate to tell the space mission's story.
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Space Team Europe for Euclid: Laurent Brouard
30/11/2023
Focus on Euclid with Laurent Brouard: “I’m going to show you what a telescope that we send into space looks like.
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Space Team Europe for Euclid: Guadalupe Cañas Herrera
29/11/2023
Focus on Euclid with Guadalupe Cañas Herrera: “I’m exactly where I’ve always wanted to be.
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