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
Gaia proves our skies are filled with chains of starry gatherings
26/08/2025
In the past decade, the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the nature, history, and behaviour of billions of stars. Our pioneering stargazer has reshaped our view of the skies around us like no other, revealing that star clusters are more connected than expected over vast distances.
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New moon of Uranus
19/08/2025
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus in images taken by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera).
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No Earth-like atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 d
13/08/2025
The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area around its star where liquid water on its surface is theoretically possible. But according to a new study using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, it does not have an Earth-like atmosphere.
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Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin
07/08/2025
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our own Sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the Alpha Centauri triple star system has long been a compelling target in the search for worlds beyond our solar system.
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Hubble sizes up rare interstellar comet
07/08/2025
A team of astronomers has taken the sharpest-ever picture of the unexpected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, using the crisp vision of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
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When martian ground falls apart
06/08/2025
In its latest postcard from Mars, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express returns to Acheron Fossae: a dramatic network of chasms carved into the surface of the Red Planet.
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Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
01/08/2025
This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope revisits one of the most iconic regions of the sky, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, through the eyes of two of Webb’s instruments.
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Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula
30/07/2025
More than one star contributes to the irregular shape of NGC 6072 – Webb’s newest look at this planetary nebula in the near- and mid-infrared shows what may appear as a very messy scene resembling splattered paint. However, the unusual, asymmetrical scene hints at more complicated mechanisms underway, as the star central to the scene approaches the very final stages of its life and expels shells of material, losing up to 80 percent of its mass.
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Testing, testing, testing – Let’s Smile (episode 3)
15/07/2025
Smile is a brand-new space mission currently in the making.
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You can’t judge a star by its protoplanetary disc
14/07/2025
This image tells the story of redemption for one lonely star.
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Plato’s eyes meet brain
30/06/2025
On 11 June, engineers at OHB’s facilities in Germany joined together the two main parts of ESA’s Plato mission.
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Webb spots a starburst shining in infrared
30/06/2025
A starburst shines in infrared (MIRI)
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Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s south pole
11/06/2025
What if we could look at the Sun from a whole new angle, one we've never seen before?
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Meet Smile
04/06/2025
An animation showing ESA’s Smile mission watching on as the Sun’s solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.
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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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