Juan Luis Cano González
@juaguispace.bsky.social
Defensor planetario, espacio-trastornado, anticitero, Bach-fun y papá de dos criaturas estupendas.
¡Estoy felicísimo! ¡no quepo en mí de alegría! Ayer designaron un asteroide con mi nombre. ¡Ya estoy en las estrellas! (más de lo que ya estaba, quiero decir ;-) ). ¡Muchas gracias a Rainer Kresken, el descubridor del asteroide, por su inmensa generosidad!
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
¡Estoy felicísimo! ¡no quepo en mí de alegría! Ayer designaron un asteroide con mi nombre. ¡Ya estoy en las estrellas! (más de lo que ya estaba, quiero decir ;-) ). ¡Muchas gracias a Rainer Kresken, el descubridor del asteroide, por su inmensa generosidad!
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In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per cent chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Depending on what it sees, the odds of collision could drastically increase
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon may rise to 30 per cent
In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per cent chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Depending on what it sees, the odds of collision could drastically increase
www.newscientist.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per cent chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Depending on what it sees, the odds of collision could drastically increase
The epic adventures of BepiColombo - Part 2: It’s a long way to Mercury
www.esa.int
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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☄️ 40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
☄️ 40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Thankfully, none of them are cause for concern for the foreseeable future, but ESA's planetary defence teams are keeping a watchful eye on the skies.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
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We hear you, #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B! The Inuvik Satellite Station in Canada has received the first signals from the satellite. The orbit has been reached, and telemetry has begun to arrive at ESA's mission control in Germany!
Mission confirmed ✅
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise
The latest guardian of our oceans has taken its place in orbit. The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is now circling Earth, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s...
esa.int
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We hear you, #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B! The Inuvik Satellite Station in Canada has received the first signals from the satellite. The orbit has been reached, and telemetry has begun to arrive at ESA's mission control in Germany!
Gracias a las observaciones que se hicieron desde la sonda TGO de la ESA desde Marte, hemos conseguido mejorar la predicción orbital del cometa 3I/ATLAS notablemente.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars
Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked to predict its trajectory. ESA has now improved the comet’s predicted locati...
www.esa.int
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Gracias a las observaciones que se hicieron desde la sonda TGO de la ESA desde Marte, hemos conseguido mejorar la predicción orbital del cometa 3I/ATLAS notablemente.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
¡Queridos amig@s! para los que estéis en la zona de Cádiz y os apetezca, participo como ponente este viernes 14 en la Semana de la Ciencia de El Puerto de Santa María. ¡Allí os espero para hablar de Defensa Planetaria!
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
¡Queridos amig@s! para los que estéis en la zona de Cádiz y os apetezca, participo como ponente este viernes 14 en la Semana de la Ciencia de El Puerto de Santa María. ¡Allí os espero para hablar de Defensa Planetaria!
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☄️ Fireball observed over Spain and Portugal!
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
☄️ Fireball observed over Spain and Portugal!
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍
Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍
Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
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Check out the new trailer for @esa.int's proposed Ramses mission! 🍿📽️
Ramses would escort the cruise-ship-sized asteroid Apophis through its safe but exceptionally rare flyby of Earth in 2029: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Ramses would escort the cruise-ship-sized asteroid Apophis through its safe but exceptionally rare flyby of Earth in 2029: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Ramses: ESA’s mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis
www.esa.int
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Check out the new trailer for @esa.int's proposed Ramses mission! 🍿📽️
Ramses would escort the cruise-ship-sized asteroid Apophis through its safe but exceptionally rare flyby of Earth in 2029: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Ramses would escort the cruise-ship-sized asteroid Apophis through its safe but exceptionally rare flyby of Earth in 2029: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Más sobre la observación de 3I/ATLAS desde los orbitadores de la ESA en Marte...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Captado desde Marte el cometa 3I/Atlas, el tercer visitante de fuera del sistema solar
La Agencia Espacial Europea graba el paso de este objeto espacial, una reliquia de otro sistema planetario 3.000 millones de años más viejo que el Sol
elpais.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Más sobre la observación de 3I/ATLAS desde los orbitadores de la ESA en Marte...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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Happy launch anniversary to ESA's Hera mission! 🎂🥳
One year ago ESA's first planetary defence mission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. What a difference a year makes! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
One year ago ESA's first planetary defence mission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. What a difference a year makes! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Hera’s first year in space
www.esa.int
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy launch anniversary to ESA's Hera mission! 🎂🥳
One year ago ESA's first planetary defence mission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. What a difference a year makes! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
One year ago ESA's first planetary defence mission was stranded on Earth, its launcher grounded, as a hurricane closed in on its launch site. What a difference a year makes! www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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☄️ 🔭 #3I/ATLAS comet update!
On 3 October, our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars.
Read more: esa.int/Science_Expl...
On 3 October, our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars.
Read more: esa.int/Science_Expl...
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
☄️ 🔭 #3I/ATLAS comet update!
On 3 October, our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars.
Read more: esa.int/Science_Expl...
On 3 October, our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars.
Read more: esa.int/Science_Expl...
¡Atardecer de pintura en Fráncfort!
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
¡Atardecer de pintura en Fráncfort!
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Two years ago, asteroid 2023 CX1 was spotted seven hours before it struck Earth's atmosphere over northern France. Now, researchers have published an analysis of the event and the recovered meteorite that challenges our asteroid hazard models: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Image: M. Uzzal
Image: M. Uzzal
October 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Two years ago, asteroid 2023 CX1 was spotted seven hours before it struck Earth's atmosphere over northern France. Now, researchers have published an analysis of the event and the recovered meteorite that challenges our asteroid hazard models: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Image: M. Uzzal
Image: M. Uzzal
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Sure, you have family issues, but at least none of your siblings slammed into you at 18,000 kilometers per hour and sent your shattered pieces flying off into space with similar orbital elements.
I mean, probably.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/aste...
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I mean, probably.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/aste...
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Astronomers Just Found Dozens of New Asteroid ‘Families’
Many asteroids are related, but their family trees can be hard to trace
www.scientificamerican.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sure, you have family issues, but at least none of your siblings slammed into you at 18,000 kilometers per hour and sent your shattered pieces flying off into space with similar orbital elements.
I mean, probably.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/aste...
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I mean, probably.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/aste...
🔭🧪
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🌔 Every day, Earth is bombarded by tiny asteroids, most too small to even be detected. But what if we could study those impacting the Moon?
ESA's NELIOTA-III #HorizonEurope project closely monitors Moon impact flashes and just released its first observations.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
ESA's NELIOTA-III #HorizonEurope project closely monitors Moon impact flashes and just released its first observations.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
ESA’s new project to keep an eye on Moon strikes
Every day, Earth is bombarded by tiny asteroids and meteoroids, most too small to even be detected. But what if we could study these space rocks by watching their impacts on the Moon? A new ESA projec...
www.esa.int
September 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌔 Every day, Earth is bombarded by tiny asteroids, most too small to even be detected. But what if we could study those impacting the Moon?
ESA's NELIOTA-III #HorizonEurope project closely monitors Moon impact flashes and just released its first observations.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
ESA's NELIOTA-III #HorizonEurope project closely monitors Moon impact flashes and just released its first observations.
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Close approach of 2025 FA22 featured together with our factsheet in several news items today!
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/asteroi...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/asteroi...
Asteroid 2022 FA22 to skim past Earth, 18 September 2025 | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Asteroid 2025 FA22, which was predicted to have a small chance of impacting Earth in 2089, will skim past our planet on 18 September 2025.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Close approach of 2025 FA22 featured together with our factsheet in several news items today!
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/asteroi...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/asteroi...
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Comet #3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object we've ever spotted ☄️
Discovered in July, the comet is making its way through our Solar System, carrying onboard clues about the formation of worlds far beyond our own.
Follow its journey & what we learn about it 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪
Discovered in July, the comet is making its way through our Solar System, carrying onboard clues about the formation of worlds far beyond our own.
Follow its journey & what we learn about it 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪
ESA observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
The European Space Agency (ESA) reacted promptly to the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025. Soon after they were alerted to its existence by automated detection systems, ESA astronomers began ...
www.esa.int
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Comet #3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object we've ever spotted ☄️
Discovered in July, the comet is making its way through our Solar System, carrying onboard clues about the formation of worlds far beyond our own.
Follow its journey & what we learn about it 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪
Discovered in July, the comet is making its way through our Solar System, carrying onboard clues about the formation of worlds far beyond our own.
Follow its journey & what we learn about it 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪
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Asteroid 2025 FA22 will safely pass Earth on 18 September 2025 at 07:41 UTC (09:41 CEST). It is between 130 and 290 m across and at its closest point to our planet, it will be just over twice as far away as the Moon.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Asteroid 2025 FA22 will safely pass Earth on 18 September 2025 at 07:41 UTC (09:41 CEST). It is between 130 and 290 m across and at its closest point to our planet, it will be just over twice as far away as the Moon.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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Today on the arXiv:
Egal et al. 2025, "Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense" - arxiv.org/abs/2509.12362
Reviewing the case of the very small asteroid #2023CX1, which was discovered shortly before flashing in the sky above Normandy.
Egal et al. 2025, "Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense" - arxiv.org/abs/2509.12362
Reviewing the case of the very small asteroid #2023CX1, which was discovered shortly before flashing in the sky above Normandy.
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense
Mitigation of the threat from airbursting asteroids requires an understanding of the potential risk they pose for the ground. How asteroids release their kinetic energy in the atmosphere is not well u...
arxiv.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Today on the arXiv:
Egal et al. 2025, "Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense" - arxiv.org/abs/2509.12362
Reviewing the case of the very small asteroid #2023CX1, which was discovered shortly before flashing in the sky above Normandy.
Egal et al. 2025, "Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense" - arxiv.org/abs/2509.12362
Reviewing the case of the very small asteroid #2023CX1, which was discovered shortly before flashing in the sky above Normandy.
Para los que les pueda interesar un proyecto de ciencia ciudadana para descubrir asteroides, aquí va este nueva nueva iniciativa de Zoouniverse:
www.zooniverse.org/projects/ias...
www.zooniverse.org/projects/ias...
Zooniverse
The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.
www.zooniverse.org
September 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Para los que les pueda interesar un proyecto de ciencia ciudadana para descubrir asteroides, aquí va este nueva nueva iniciativa de Zoouniverse:
www.zooniverse.org/projects/ias...
www.zooniverse.org/projects/ias...
Como he comentado en más de una ocasión, la misión #Gaia de la @esa.int ha sido una auténtica maravilla que ha dado infinitud de resultados en diferentes áreas de la astrofísica. Aquí va otro más:
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
The most accurate 3D map of stellar nurseries in the Milky Way
www.esa.int
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Como he comentado en más de una ocasión, la misión #Gaia de la @esa.int ha sido una auténtica maravilla que ha dado infinitud de resultados en diferentes áreas de la astrofísica. Aquí va otro más:
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Nice article @georginatorbet.bsky.social about ESA's NEOCC activities!
However, I am a bit puzzled that you mention NASA in the subtitle, when the full article is devoted to ESA!
www.sciencefocus.com/space/astero...
However, I am a bit puzzled that you mention NASA in the subtitle, when the full article is devoted to ESA!
www.sciencefocus.com/space/astero...
Meet the team tasked with saving Earth from world-ending asteroids | BBC Science Focus Magazine
When asteroids come tearing towards Earth, we rely on NASA's planetary defence team to save us from disaster.
www.sciencefocus.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nice article @georginatorbet.bsky.social about ESA's NEOCC activities!
However, I am a bit puzzled that you mention NASA in the subtitle, when the full article is devoted to ESA!
www.sciencefocus.com/space/astero...
However, I am a bit puzzled that you mention NASA in the subtitle, when the full article is devoted to ESA!
www.sciencefocus.com/space/astero...
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM