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ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf
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Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to sense the gravitational tug or ‘wobble’ the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are orbiting low-mass stars, a scenario thought to be extremely rare.
Celebrating Solar Orbiter and the women behind the mission
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Celebrating Solar Orbiter and the women behind the mission Webb visits a star-forming spiral
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Webb visits a star-forming spiral Downlinking satellite data from space to the cloud
In October 2024, NASA and ESA carried out a series of system trials to test the transmission of data from ESA ground stations to commercial cloud servers.
Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards
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Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards Ariane 6 VA263 liftoff
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Ariane 6 VA263 liftoff Ariane 6 lifts off for the second time
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Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, took flight for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:24 local time on 6 March (16:24 GMT, 17:24 CET).
This was the first commercial flight for Ariane 6, flight VA263, delivering the CSO-3 satellite to orbit. Arianespace was the operator and launch service provider for the French Procurement agency (DGA) and France’s space agency CNES on behalf of the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command (CDE).
Submit your proposal to the European Launcher Challenge
The European Launcher Challenge (ELC) is now open to proposals. Details about the ELC Programme can be found here. Any questions should be made exclusively via the dedicated function in esa-star tendering.
Media invitation: meet the new MetOp Second Generation and Sentinel-5 missions
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Meet the new MetOp Second Generation and Sentinel-5 missions