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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · 1d

Great opportunity to do novel research with ground-breaking space missions that goes beyond their original science goals. And, of course, an chance to work in a great community of expert space scientists and engineers at my @esa.int @es.esa.int @science.esa.int establishment #ESAC in sunny Madrid!

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 1d

Interested in research based on our archive data?

Then the ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme might be for you.

The next deadline for applications is 10 November 2025. Check out all the application details here 👉 www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/vis... ☄️ 🧪 🔭

Illustration promoting the Archival Research Visitor Programme and the next deadline date of 10 November 2025. In the background, a model image of what our home galaxy, the Milky Way, might look like face-on: as viewed from above the disc of the galaxy, with its spiral arms and bulge in full view. In the centre of the galaxy, the bulge shines as a hazy oval, emitting a faint golden gleam. Starting at the central bulge, several glistening spiral arms coil outwards, creating a perfectly circle-shaped spiral. They give the impression of someone having sprinkled pastel purple glitter on the pitch-black background, in the shape of sparkling, curled-up snakes. Milky Way illustration by ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar.

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · Aug 30

An overview of ESA's roster of upcoming missions, and hopes for the future. Ambitious plans need ambitious funding, so all eyes are on the Council of Ministers in Nov (Bremen), setting ESA budgets for the next 3 years. July interview with @cmundell.bsky.social 🪐

www.techjournal.uk/p/esa-seeks-...

ESA Seeks Budget Hike to Secure Enceladus Mission Under Voyage 2050

Europe’s space science ambitions hinge on modest funding increase to pursue life-detection missions and safeguard flagship observatories

www.techjournal.uk

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LISA Community @lisacommunity.bsky.social · Jul 16

Carole Mundell (@cmundell.bsky.social @esa.int ) is presenting a journey "From Earth to the Fabric of Spacetime" this evening at Glasgow SEC!
#GR24Amaldi16

Carole Mundell presenting - she is standing on a stage with slides behind her.

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LIGO Magazine @ligomagazine.bsky.social · Jul 16

Today at Carole Mundell's (@cmundell.bsky.social ) a few familiar objects can be spotted!

This mosaic shows a #GravitationalWave signal in time and frequency @uofgravity.bsky.social

Check out the story behind the first mosaic here: (page 17) ligo.org/wp-content/u...

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jul 23

"With Enceladus in sight—& the solar system’s clock ticking— decisions made in Bremen may determine whether @esa.int continues to lead in deep-space science or misses a generational opportunity." My interview with
#JeffPao #ukspaceconf #Manchester
www.techjournal.uk/p/esa-seeks-...

ESA Seeks Budget Hike to Secure Enceladus Mission Under Voyage 2050

Europe’s space science ambitions hinge on modest funding increase to pursue life-detection missions and safeguard flagship observatories

www.techjournal.uk

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ESA auf Deutsch @de.esa.int · Jul 21

Ein einzigartiger Blick auf den Mond vom gestrigen #InternationalMoonDay.

Als #ESAJuice im August 2024 an unserem Mond vorbeiflog, hörte sein RIME-Instrument Radiowellen-Echos ab, um die Höhe der Mondoberfläche zu ermitteln.

Mehr dazu 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Jul 19

A unique view of the Moon for tomorrow's #InternationalMoonDay.

When #ESAJuice flew past our Moon in August 2024, its RIME instrument listened to radio wave echoes to reveal the height of the lunar surface 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 1/2 🔭 🧪

A purple scene with a pink-to-yellow line wiggling across it, with tiny faint pink dots scattered around. The line looks like a heart rate graph but much more irregular, with a particularly large dip on the right.

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jul 17

Thank you Christopher, for your very kind words. It is a lifelong privilege to work with smart, humble, curious colleagues who push frontiers and together show what humanity can achieve! Thank you for your hospitality.

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jul 16

Nice collection of big open physics questions for the coming years...

Christopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · Jul 15

Gravitational-wave detector updates at #GR24Amaldi16

Ashwathi Nair @ashtr0.bsky.social · Jul 14

Favorite plots from the day, which were presented by Prof. Yuta Michimura. The plots summarized some key points on the technique for minimizing noise for different parts of the power spectrum.l, sensitivity evolution of LVK, and all the cool science that can be done by next gen detectors!

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LISA Community @lisacommunity.bsky.social · Jul 16

This year it is 10 years since the discovery of #GravitationalWaves in 2015!

www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20...

@ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social
#GW150914
#GR24Amaldi16

A speaking giving a talk on a stage with slides projected behind them.

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jul 16

What a wonderful evening, meeting old colleagues and new at the #GR24Amaldi16, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection - how time flies and now we are constructing @science.esa.int #LISA for the coming decade to probe new scales of spacetime disturbances!

LISA Community @lisacommunity.bsky.social · Jul 16

Carole Mundell (@cmundell.bsky.social @esa.int ) is presenting a journey "From Earth to the Fabric of Spacetime" this evening at Glasgow SEC!
#GR24Amaldi16

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jul 7

Interesting study. How does your organisation stack up? Recognise all the work your staff contribute to the health of your organisation and ensure equity in contribution _and_ recognition for all. #Leadership

Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

www.forbes.com

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jul 7

Congratulations to the five companies pre-selected for the @esa.int European Launcher Challenge! Exciting, innovative - a new era in access to space.

ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · Jul 7

📣 We have news!

@esa.int has preselected five companies for the first stage of the European Launcher Challenge.

Keep scrolling to discover them (in alphabetical order)! ⬇️

www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

European Launcher Challenge: preselected challengers unveiled

www.esa.int

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ESA en español @es.esa.int · Jul 5

Nuestra misión Ariel nos llevará del «descubrimiento» al «estudio y comprensión» de los exoplanetas.

La misión estudiará unos 1.000 exoplanetas, desde planetas rocosos hasta gigantes gaseosos, para comprender mejor la relación entre los exoplanetas y sus estrellas progenitoras.
buff.ly/LlPBOTx

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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · Jul 2

#OTD 4️⃣0️⃣ years ago: 2 July 1985, ESA's first deep-space probe #Giotto was launched from Europe's Spaceport. Giotto made encounters with comets #Halley and Grigg–Skjellerup, marking the beginning of Europe's cometary adventures️.

www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @cmundell.bsky.social @science.esa.int

Launch of Ariane 1, flight V14, from Europe's Spaceport on 2 July 1985, carrying ESA's Giotto comet-chasing spacecraft.

Giotto spacecraft during integration in the Intespace facility in Toulouse, Shown on the experiment platform from right to left: camera (white, looking down), star mapper (red, looking up), EPA with its three very small telescopes, NMS (red plate), two hydrazine jets used for orbit and attitude control, liS of the JPA experiment and on the left edge HERS of the IMS experiment. The silver spheres on the main platform are two of the four hydrazine tanks.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Jun 26

New from Mars Express! A riot of earthy tones – or should that be Mars tones? – on the Red Planet! 🎨
Can you spot the dust devils lurking within? 🌪️😈
Explore the image here 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
📷 @esa.int #MarsExpress
🔭🧪

A high-resolution, colour-enhanced satellite view of a Martian landscape. It features a dramatic boundary between two different surface regions. The upper left portion of the image is smoother and reddish, while the lower right displays rougher terrain with more craters and a prominent circular impact crater. There is a clear transition zone with jagged features and colour changes from red to grey to orange. A scale bar in the lower right corner indicates '20 km', providing context for the size of the features shown. The image is credited to ESA/DLR/FU Berlin in the lower left corner.

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · Jun 25

🛰️ The #Ax4 mission and crew will arrive at the International Space Station tomorrow, Thursday 26 June, with docking scheduled for 12:00 BST / 13:00 CEST.

▶️ Follow the livestream on @esa.int YouTube starting at 10:00 BST / 11:00 CEST.

🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Watch live: Ignis launches into space

www.esa.int

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · Jun 25

From Earth to orbit 🌍💫

The #Ax4 crew is now under way aboard the brand-new Dragon capsule 'Grace', en route to the International Space Station.

@astro-slawosz.bsky.social and the team are soaring through space on a 28,5-hour journey before docking with the Station.

Go #Ignis 🔥 Go #Ax4 🚀 @esa.int

Liftoff of Axiom Mission 4. Credits: ESA - S.Corvaja

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations Poland!! 🇵🇱 I hope his journey inspires many young Polish people to look up and dream big 🚀

ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · Jun 25

First Polish @esa.int project astronaut launches to the International Space Station 🧑‍🚀🚀

#Ax4 with Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski lifted off at 07:31 BST / 08:31 CEST (02:31 local time), marking a historic moment for Poland and Europe in space.

Go #Ignis! 🔥 Next stop: Orbit.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Jun 24

#TourTheUniverse with us! 🔭

Start from a vast cosmic panorama featuring some 14 million galaxies and zoom in until you reach a single swirling spiral galaxy.

The final image is enlarged 600 times compared to the 208-gigapixel mosaic.

All thanks to #ESAEuclid, our dark Universe detective 🕵️ 🧪

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Jun 24

ESA Delivers: discover 50 ways Europe’s space agency changed our world (and the Universe!) during the last five decades 👇

www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

Cover of ESA Delivers: 50 hallmark achievements across 50 years

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jun 24

Oh, this is nice!

University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Jun 24

Come along to the Gravitational Wave Ceilidh! 💃🕺

Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social are developing a Scottish country dance with @scienceceilidh.bsky.social inspired by gravitational waves, to be performed at #GR24Amaldi16.

You can join a public rehearsal at GUU on Monday 30 June!

The Gravitational Wave Ceilidh Preview and Talk

This event is a public talk about the project to create science inspired ceilidh dances followed by a public preview of the new dances.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · Jun 23

Congratulations to all the teams working at and with @vrubinobs.bsky.social on this exciting milestone. Many years of work, belief and dedication and important science to come.

NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · Jun 23

Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!

Can you guess these regions of sky?

This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪

#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream

A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. The image focuses on a collection of interacting galaxies connected by delicate streams of stars. At top center lies a large elliptical galaxy that is dense and smooth, like a polished stone glowing with golden light. Like delicate spider silk or stretched taffy, these stellar bridges link the large elliptical to the few larger galaxies beneath, evidence of past collisions.

All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black.

A cosmic tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the upper right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its soft, pinkish gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark, finger-like veins of dust that divide it into three parts. It radiates a gentle, misty glow, diffuse and soft like the warmth of breath on a cold hand. To the lower left, the much larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout where new stars are born. Both nebulae are embedded in a soft tan backdrop of gas that is brighter on the left than on the right, etched with dark tendrils of dust and sprinkled with the pinpricks of millions of stars.

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WomanAstro @womanastro.bsky.social · Jun 22

"She wanted us to know that excellence in science comes from a diversity of thought and experience, not despite it."

#WomanAstro
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience