November/December 2020

• Student Internship opportunities - closed
• Ariel moves from blueprint to reality
• Extended operations confirmed for science missions
• 2nd Announcement of Opportunity (AO-2) for participation in the CHEOPS Guest Observers Programme
• Craters reveal Titan is still a dynamic world

October 2020

• BepiColombo flies by Venus en route to Mercury
• Research Fellowships in Space Sciences & Exploration - Closed
• Solar Orbiter releases first data to the public
• First results from CHEOPS: ESA’s exoplanet observer reveals extreme alien world

September 2020

• Unique ultraviolet aurora spied at Rosetta's comet
• Hubble captures crisp new image of Jupiter and Europa [heic2017]
• CHEOPS Discretionary Programme is now open

July/August 2020

• James Webb Space Telescope to launch in October 2021
• Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on the Sun
• The Euclid space telescope is coming together
• Mars Express helps uncover the secrets of Perseverance landing site
• Solar Orbiter ready for science despite COVID-19 setbacks

May/June 2020

• XMM-Newton spies youngest baby pulsar ever discovered
• Solar Orbiter makes first close approach to the Sun
• Hubble makes surprising find in the early Universe [heic2010]
• Galactic crash may have triggered Solar System formation
• Earth flyby opens new science opportunities for BepiColombo

April 2020

• Hubble celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tapestry of blazing starbirth
• CHEOPS observes its first exoplanets and is ready for science
• INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity (AO-18)
• BepiColombo takes last snaps of Earth en route to Mercury
• JWST Cycle 1 Deadline has been delayed
• 6th Announcement of Opportunity for Science Planners in the NASA-led IRIS mission

March 2020

• ESO-ESA Joint 2020 Science Workshop
• ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis
• LISA Pathfinder lead scientist awarded prestigious prize
• Solar Orbiter Launch

February 2020

• XMM-Newton reveals giant flare from a tiny star
• A perfect blur – First image by exoplanet watcher CHEOPS

January 2020

• XMM-Newton reveals giant flare from a tiny star
• ESO-ESA Joint 2020 Science Workshop
• Solar Orbiter Launch
• A perfect blur – First image by exoplanet watcher CHEOPS
• CHEOPS opens its eye to the sky
• Global Gaia campaign reveals secrets of stellar pair