on my webpage! I am an experienced spacecraft analyst at the European Space Operations Centre via Telespazio Germany GmbH. Currently, I am the analyst for the X-ray astronomy mission XMM-Newton, but have worked as an analyst for almost all Earth Explorer spacecrafts previously. In the past I have worked as an astrophysicist studing accreting neutron stars and cosmological neutrino sources. For more details please have a look at the “About me” menu.
ESA Space Science News
Plato grows its many eyes
08/05/2025
The activities to assemble the European Space Agency’s Plato mission are progressing well now that 24 of the spacecraft’s 26 cameras have been installed. Once in space, Plato will use its many eyes to survey a very large area of the sky and hunt for terrestrial planets. The spacecraft’s supporting element is also coming together in parallel.
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Research Fellows in space science 2025
07/05/2025
ESA has selected 10 new Fellows to pursue their own independent research in space science, starting in 2025.
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Exoplanets explained by Nobel Prize winner (part 1) | The 5 Ws
02/05/2025
Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize Laureate Didier Queloz answers the who, what, where, when and why of exoplanets in this 3-part series.
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Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home
29/04/2025
A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray
29/04/2025
Webb: A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray
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Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun
24/04/2025
Solar Orbiter’s widest high-resolution view of the Sun
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Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit
23/04/2025
In celebration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, an assortment of images that were recently taken by Hubble has been released today. This stretches from the planet Mars to images of stellar birth and death, and a magnificent neighbouring galaxy. After over three decades of scrutinising our Universe, Hubble remains a household word as the most well-recognised telescope in scientific history.
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Webb spots clues of black hole at heart of nearby galaxy M83
17/04/2025
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 83 (M83). This surprising finding, made possible by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), reveals highly ionised neon gas that could be a telltale signature of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), a growing black hole at the center of a galaxy.
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Hubble offers a new view of Sombrero galaxy
16/04/2025
Sombrero Galaxy
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Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace
15/04/2025
Researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 was not born in a neighbouring supernova as previously thought. The birthplace of this object is now unknown, and SGR 0501+4516 is the likeliest candidate in our galaxy for a magnetar that was not born in a supernova. This discovery was made possible by Hubble’s sensitive instruments as well as highly accurate reference data from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft.
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Webb brings dying star's energetic display into full focus
14/04/2025
Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 (MIRI image)
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Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way
28/03/2025
For over a decade, ESA’s Gaia mission has mapped our galaxy with stunning precision—rewriting the story of the Milky Way.
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Watch wind whirl from the Sun
26/03/2025
Aside from sunlight, the Sun sends out a gusty stream of particles called the solar wind.
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Euclid is back – 26 million galaxies and counting
19/03/2025
The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission has scouted out the three areas in the sky where it will eventually provide the deepest observations of its mission.
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Scientists spot tiny Sun jets driving fast and slow solar wind
05/02/2025
Back in 2023, we reported on Solar Orbiter’s discovery of tiny jets near the Sun’s south pole that could be powering the solar wind.
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