Magnetic field Mercury Mercury magnetic signature The planet Mercury has a very weak magnetic field, equivalent to 1% of the Earth’s magnetic field in intensity. The...
Cycle 1 JWST Selection of the first James Webb Space Telescope General Observer Scientific Programmes The General Observer scientific observations for the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of operation have been selected. Proposals...
ARIEL School ARES: Ariel Retrieval of Exoplanets School After the success of the first ARES school in September 2019, the second Ariel school of Biarritz will be held...
Workshop XMM-Newton XMM-Newton 2021 Science Workshop This workshop will bring together scientists working on exoplanets and their environments in relation to observables in the high-energy band...
Astronomy Girls Women Women and girls in astronomy Organised by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach, the Women and Girls in Astronomy project supports events that recognise the...
ESA Visitor programme ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) welcomes applications from scientists interested...
Astronaut ESA ESA seeks new astronauts! For the first time in over a decade, the European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts to work alongside...
Mars Perseverance Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey...
Mars Perseverance Watch the landing of Perseverance in live! / Assistez à l’atterisage de Persevérance en direct ! / ¡Sea testigo del desembarco de Perseverancia en directo! On Thursday, February 18, 2021, the Perseverance rover will land in the Jezero Crater, a 45-kilometer diameter impact basin that...
Exoplanets TOI-178 Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed...