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Euclid Early Release Observations (ERO)
On 23 May 2024 ESA's Euclid space mission released five new views of the Universe. The images demonstrate Euclid's ability to unravel the secrets of the cosmos, hunt for rogue planets, use lensed galaxies to study dark matter, and search for new sources with low surface brightness.
The new images are part of Euclid Early Release Observations (ERO), corresponding to less than 24 hours of observations. They highlight Euclid's capability to join a wide field of view and high resolution.
ESA also released the associated scientific data and catalogues, for a total of 17 fields on the sky. These are the first Euclid data released to the general community.
Scientific results are illustrated in 10 Euclid papers which use the ERO data, accompanied by 5 Euclid reference papers that describe the mission.
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Envision Call for Interdisciplinary Scientists, Members of the Science Working Team
Envision is ESA's next mission to Venus, carried out in partnership with NASA. The primary goal of Envision is to provide a holistic view of Venus, from its inner core up to the upper atmosphere, to understand why Earth's closest neighbour is so different.
ESA and NASA will appoint up to six Interdisciplinary Scientists, who will join the Science Working Team (SWT) and who are expected to focus on the overall science objective and on scientific cross-fertilisation between the mission payloads.
On 24 June, we issued an announcement of opportunity to encourage the Venus scientific community to submit their proposals. The due date for Letters of Intent is 30 July 2024, while the full proposals are due by 24 September 2024.
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Upcoming Call for Research Fellowship in Space Science
Join us at the forefront of unveiling the mysteries of our Solar System and the Universe!
The 2024 call for the ESA research fellowships in Space Science is expected to open at the end of August with an application deadline in mid-September. Within the Directorate of Science, we are welcoming all independent proposals for innovative research associated with one or more of our missions. Applicants should have completed their PhD or be able to complete it before taking up the fellowship starting in fall 2025.
The fellowships can be taken at ESA locations in the Netherlands (ESTEC), Spain (ESAC) or the USA (ESA office at STScI) and we encourage applicants to choose a site that allows for best local collaboration.
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ESA appoints the NewAthena Science Study Team
ESA has officially appointed the NewAthena Science Study Team (NASST), selected among scientists in institutions of ESA Member States who responded to an open call for membership. The NASST membership includes also one representative for each of the international partners involved in NewAthena: JAXA and NASA.
This NAAST will define the science requirements of the mission and will support ESA on all aspects of the Study phase related to the science return of NewAthena until Adoption, foreseen in 2027.
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Conference Announcement: DASH and IHDEA meetings
We are pleased to announce the first Data Analysis and Software in Heliophysics (DASH) annual meeting in Europe. Its purpose is to serve as a forum for software developers and scientists to present and discuss software and data systems used in the acquisition, calibration, analysis, and dissemination of data for Heliophysics, including space and ground-based measurements as well as models. The annual International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance (IHDEA) meeting will complement this conversation by focusing on the challenges and opportunities in aligning data and data products with community standards.
The meetings will take place on 14-16 October 2024 for DASH and 17-18 October for IHDEA at ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain. The abstract submission is open with a deadline of 10 August 2024. Registration is open until 15 September 2024 for on-site registration and 7 October for online registration.
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Conference Announcement: Mercury Laboratory Workshop
The Mercury Laboratory workshop, held on 16-18 September 2024 in Berlin, Germany, will bring together the Mercury community from different institutions and laboratories. The aim is to present laboratories, facilities and ongoing work on Mercury analogues, discuss Mercury surface composition studies (from MESSENGER to BepiColombo), design a plan of experiments on common samples, and prepare for the BepiColombo observations.
The abstract submission deadline is 15 July 2024, 5 PM CEST. The participants are invited to focus their presentations on the methodology used and to present the underlying science questions as the motivation for the experimental approach.
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Recent science highlights:
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Upcoming ESA conferences:
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting 2024 - Symposium S4: Gaia: The (TWO) Billion Star Galaxy Census: from the Solar System to our Milky Way and beyond
1-2 July 2024, Padua, Italy
A two day-long symposium is organised at EAS 2024 to present and discuss science highlights resulting from Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) and Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3). The key goals of this symposium will be for the Gaia and related communities - and especially early stage researchers - to present and discuss their science highlights resulting from Gaia EDR3 and Gaia DR3.
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European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting 2024 - Lunch Sessions LS3 and LS4: ESA Archives and ESA Science Programme
3 July 2024 and 4 July 2024, Padua, Italy
During two dedicated lunch sessions, ESA's Science Directorate will present an overview over its programme aimed at early career researchers and update the European space science community on the services, tools, and assets offered by the ESA Space Science Archives.
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European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting 2024 - Special Session SS21: The PLATO mission: Towards new horizons in Exoplanet and Stellar Science
4 July 2024, Padua, Italy
PLATO will focus on the study of exoplanets orbiting up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. In this Special Session, the community will be informed about the status of the mission, the core science, the science preparatory activities, the data products, and the possibilities for community involvement. The second goal is to provide a forum for the community to present current research relevant for the preparation and exploitation of the PLATO mission.
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Mercury Laboratory Workshop
16-18 September 2024, Berlin, Germany
The aim of the workshop is to bring together the Mercury community from different institutions and laboratories to: present laboratories, facilities and ongoing work on Mercury analogues, discuss Mercury surface composition studies (from MESSENGER to BepiColombo), design a plan of experiments on common samples, and prepare for the BepiColombo observations.
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DASH (Data Analysis and Software in Heliophysics) and IHDEA (International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance) meetings
14-18 October 2024, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain
The DASH meeting (14-16 Oct.) serves as a forum for software developers and scientists to present and discuss software and data systems used in the acquisition, calibration, analysis, and dissemination of data for Heliophysics, including space and ground-based measurements as well as models. The IHDEA (17-18 Oct.) meeting will complement this conversation by focusing on the challenges and opportunities in aligning data and data products with community standards.
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22 years of INTEGRAL: catching results and discoveries
21-25 October 2024, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain
INTEGRAL has been crucial in our understanding of astrophysical phenomena over a wide energy and temporal range. This conference is the occasion to discuss novelties in high-energy astrophysics, new instrumental facilities, and innovative data-analysis methods. Anticipated lively interactions among participants will be harnessed to refine the plan for maximizing data exploitation now and in the decades to come.
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