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    3 hours ago

    Catch up on all the episodes of our series over the holidays, with topics spanning isolation in and extreme life in the universe to robots in , training astronauts and spying exoplanets. Learn something new here:

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  2. 3 hours ago

    However we feel about the year #2020, we still might be able to look back and remember some exciting and inspirational moments... here are some of ours: Our Year In Images 👉

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    4 hours ago

    Sometimes it’s all about perspective! ⛄ This image of a consists of two separate Saturnian moons – Dione and Rhea, taken by the international Cassini spacecraft on 27 July 2010.

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  4. 13 hours ago

    We're looking for IT experts to join our teams in supporting the peaceful exploration of space, in the following areas: security engineering, information systems, application engineering, IT architecture and project management 👉

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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 21

    We are excited that has passed another milestone on its way to launch! 🚀🤩

    The James Webb Space Telescope, shown with its fully deployed and tensioned sunshield. An engineer stands to the left.
    With the end of the year just days away, we're excited to announce has cleared one of its most important milestones to date. Its 5-layer sunshield has been successfully deployed & tensioned into the same configuration it will have in space!
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    Dec 21

    The optical and infrared instruments are now fully integrated into the spacecraft! This is an important step for , which is scheduled for launch in 2022 to investigate dark matter, dark energy and the expanding Universe 🚀 📸👉

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  7. Dec 21

    Check out our new colourful brochure! Explore ESA’s establishments and how they work together, see how our people bring European space activities to life 👉

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    Dec 21

    Happy solstice! Today in the Northern Hemisphere we experience the shortest day and longest night of the year. 🌃This image from Meteosat shows our planet this morning, just before sunrise in most of Central Europe. The exact solstice occurs at 10:02 UTC / 11:02 CET! 📷

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  9. Dec 21

    📷 This NASA/ESA Telescope view shows the unusual lenticular galaxy, known as NGC 1947, which has lost almost all the gas and dust from its signature spiral arms that used to orbit around its centre 👉

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  10. Dec 20

    Look to the west this evening, just after sunset, because Jupiter and Saturn will have their closest encounter since 1623! Both planets will only be 0.1 degree apart, so they might look like one big star 👉 (pic: SkySafari)

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  11. Dec 20

    ⛄ BRRRR! Something says it's cold outside... this is our last of 2020. We'll be back in the NewYear, have a safe holiday and see you on the other side 👉

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  12. Dec 20

    data taken from Earth-orbiting satellites, combined with techniques, are helping to better predict outbreaks of and potentially save lives 👉

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  13. Dec 19

    Meet Nick! Dr Nick Smith is the new ESA-sponsored medical doctor at research station in . He's taking over from Stijn Thoolen for the 2020-21 season. Good luck and we look forward to hearing more from you, Nick! 👉

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    Dec 19

    7 years ago was launched, to study more than a billion stars in our Milky Way! ⭐⭐⭐ The latest Gaia data contains incredible amounts of information about older and younger stars out towards the very edge of our galaxy.

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    Dec 19

    19 December 2013, launch of on Soyuz VS06. The mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars & revealing previously unseen details of our home galaxy 👉

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    Dec 19

    It’s the 19th of December! Today’s spacey advent calendar discount is for the soft toy. 🎅🎄

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  17. Dec 18

    📸 This view shows Lapland, in Finland, just in time for . It's actually three radar images taken in 2019 to show changes in land conditions over time 👉

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    Dec 18

    Many 🌕 moments this week! A spacecraft handover, plans for going are taking shape, and lunar rocks made it back to Earth! We’ve put together a little digest 🤓 to help get you up to speed👇

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  19. Dec 18

    A large block of ice has broken off the iceberg, seen in new images from , possibly caused by interaction of the berg with the shallow seabed 👉

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    Dec 18

    A year on from its launch, the shoebox-sized orbital laboratory is busily returning data and images from space, & performing experiments for for new spacecraft software and applications

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