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ESAC Science Data Centre, holding, curating and distributing science data from @ESA's science missions to all scientists. The digital library of the Universe!
ESAC, Madrid, Spain
Joined October 2015
@esa Gaia Data Release 4 is expected December '26 and #GaiaDPAC is hard at work processing, validating & documenting the data sets. While #GaiaDR3 brought ~60 different data products, #GaiaDR4 will bring ~130 of them. Lots of new data products! Updated page 👉 https://t.co/Rje0e59ep7
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Gaia dances the night away! 💃A farewell to a fading Gaia... But no worries, you can still follow Gaia's location in the sky using some ephemeris services! GIF credits: Liverpool telescope / J. Marchant. Full story on Gaia Cosmos: https://t.co/lzLEuatbfC
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Wondering what Gaia's retirement orbit is and where to find it with respect to Earth and the Sun? Check out this video👇🏽 as published here: https://t.co/HDwkKphMKk
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Gaia was passivated in March after its cold gas ran out. It was seen dancing in the sky! But where is Gaia now? You can find the details from our story here: https://t.co/lzLEuatJ5a! Meanwhile, #GaiaDPAC works hard preparing #GaiaDR4: https://t.co/9ou7aX6HXi
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Gaia finds waves galore! Stars are surfing a giant wave in our Milky Way... Find the full story here:
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Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from...
Stars in our galaxy make a stadium wave, Gaia finds 🙌 Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles 🌀 But @ESAGaia has just revealed that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre 👉 https://t.co/XDij4k0wU4
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📣 Euclid releases first batch of survey data, including a preview of its very own deep fields! With just one scan, #ESAEuclid has already spotted 26 million galaxies 👉 https://t.co/tx2645SJLo Let's explore the treasure trove that our #DarkUniverse detective has uncovered 🧵
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Gaia was a faint object in the sky during its science observation phase but could potentially reach a 14 magnitude in the coming days. More details: https://t.co/VEQLM5kCYe Amateur astronomers & ground observatories are invited to observe Gaia's final moments before passivation.
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While Gaia stopped taking science observations, it is hard at work to perform a set of technology tests: https://t.co/PCvuvcHf5F. As part of these tests, Gaia's angle with respect to the Sun will change, and the Gaia spacecraft's brightness is gradually increasing at the moment.
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Congratulations to the six researchers just awarded with @ESA's Archival Research Visitor Programme funding! Next deadline to apply for funding is on the 25th of April of 2025. Check https://t.co/Me92uaeVdV Cc @esascience @ESA_Webb @ESA_CHEOPS
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As always, the full set of images can be found at the @esa Planetary Science Archive @esapsanews @ESAesdc 🪐 👉🏻
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✨Attention #GaiaData Users. The @ESAesdc Gaia Archive takes a first step towards Gaia DR4 soon on 10 December! To prepare for bigger volumes and the larger product diversity, some breaking changes to the way things work will be needed. ✨More details: https://t.co/Ls1fdXSSji
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Join the @ESA Science Directorate ! 🌌 We're hiring an Archive Scientist at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) near Madrid, Spain on a 3-year contract to work with the @ESASolarOrbiter, @ESA_Cluster and other Heliophysics data archives. 🔍 If you have a passion for
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🆕 Astronomers using Hubble have discovered that a blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole seems to cause stellar eruptions 🧵👇
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🆕 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has found a potential missing link to the first stars!✨ https://t.co/dyV9cYEBmM
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Looking deep into the early universe with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to...
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Out in the open ✨ This open star cluster within the Eagle Nebula is home to stellar "toddlers" that formed recently. They emit ultraviolet radiation that causes the surrounding nebula of cosmic material to glow. Find out more: https://t.co/cdi7QYmONw
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The motion of Moon and Earth around the Sun [🎞️ thebrainmaze] https://t.co/Ean3KANxkP
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🆕 Webb has found a potential missing link to the first stars! ✨ Read more: https://t.co/vJEIOHeNKW or 🧵👇
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📢 @HUBBLE_Space has found that a sizzling jet from a supermassive black hole is causing stars to erupt along its trajectory 🌀⚡️💥 Read more 👉 https://t.co/QaEbHmJVS9 (illustation)
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✨➡️🌀 Astronomers have used @ESA_Webb to uncover a potential missing link between the first stars and today’s galaxies! Read more 👉 https://t.co/ZpPaSJV4ni
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