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Geoffrey @geoffreyjoe.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Mixed to bad weather conditions this thursday night, but I managed to get data for this exoplanet. A hot jupiter orbiting its star in 1.7 day ! Transit depth about 1,29%. Still work to do ! 💪 #VariSky_Observatory #Astronomy #Science #Astrosci #exoplanet #ExoClock @arieltelescope.bsky.social 🛰️

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We are thrilled that Prof Douglas Lin will be visiting King’s College London @kingsnmes.bsky.social to give a keynote lecture on black holes and stellar formation! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keynote-le...

Poster featuring an image of Professor Douglas Lin and the keynote lecture details. These details are the title ‘Stellar evolution, mergers of stellar mass black holes, and the growth of supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei’, the date of 16th March 2026, and the time of 4.30pm until 6pm.

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Excited to announce that Prof Jian Ge of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory will be joining us on 20th March 2026 at @kingsnmes.bsky.social to talk about the Earth 2.0 (ET) Space Mission! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-earth-...

Poster featuring the an image of the Earth 2.0 (ET) mission, a picture of Prof Jian Ge standing and smiling with arms folded, and text featuring the details of the lecture. the details of the lecture are:
Speaker: Prof Jian Ge, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Location: King's College London, Bush House
Time and Date: from 4pm to 5pm on 20th March 2026.

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The team behind the Ariel Data Challenge are holding a fourth in-person Exoplanet hackathon in Groningen! The fourth in the ExoHack series will be held at at the @kapteynastro.bsky.social at @rug.nl on April 16th- 17th 2026, 9.00am until 6pm CEST 👀 Join here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exoplanet-...

Poster featuring text that reads: "ExoHack, Episode 4 Groningen Edition. Join us in Groningen for Exohack, PlanetAI's Exoplanet Hackathon Series - a fun, in-person AI coding event to explore new worlds! Date & Time: April 16th - 17th 2026, from 9.00am to 6.00pm CEST. Location, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen."

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The team behind the Ariel Data Challenge are holding an in-person Exoplanet hackathon in London! The 3rd ExoHack will be held @kingsnmes.bsky.social on March 21st 2026, 9.30am to 6pm GMT 👀 More info & link to register here (limited spots available!): www.ariel-datachallenge.space/exohack-lond...

Poster with text reading:
"ExoHack - Episode 3, London Edition. Join us in London for ExoHack, PlanetAI's Exoplanet Hackathon Series - a fun, in-person AI coding event to explore new worlds! Date and time: March 21st 2026, 9.30am until 6pm GMT. Location: King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS."

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This time last week we had a wonderful time presenting Ariel to young science students at the science fair for the @kingsnmes.bsky.social Annual Science Schools Lecture, given this year by Ariel PI and King's NMES Vice Dean (Research), Prof Giovanna Tinetti!

Dr Gordon (Kai Hou) Yip and Ariel Policy Officer Costanza Azzini present Ariel around the Ariel stand.

Dr Gordon (Kai Hou) Yip and Costanza Azzini present Ariel to a crowd of students around the Ariel stand.

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NIMAGA ISMAEL @ismael-nimaga.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Instrument AIRS pour @arieltelescope.bsky.social *Contrôle dimensionnel @cea.fr @esa.int Beauty of engineering !

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy New Year all - we're celebrating with a talk!🥳 Join Ariel PI Giovanna Tinetti for her lecture at the @kingsnmes.bsky.social Annual Physics Schools lecture! 🗓️: 13 January 2026 🕑: 15:15 to 18:00 🗺️: Edmond J Safra LT, KCL Strand 🔗: More info & registration here www.kcl.ac.uk/events/annua...

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Annual Physics Schools Lecture: New worlds in our galaxy | King's College London

Dive into the hunt for exoplanets in this engaging physics talk by Professor Giovanna Tinetti.

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Dr Gordon Yip is involved in a new @esa.int mission, using AI to investigate exoplanets. Ariel launches into space in 2029 and is the largest UK-led space mission to date, led by King's physicist Professor Giovanna Tinetti. www.kcl.ac.uk/meet-dr-gord... #ScienceAtKings @kingsnmes.bsky.social

Man smiling with the quote "We are harnessing AI to unlock the secrets of distant worlds", attributed to Dr Gordon Yip, Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences.

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Huge congratulations to the winners of Ariel Data Challenge 2025, especially first place Jeroen Cottaar!🏆 Almost all the top solutions have now been posted to the leaderboard - link in bio to check them out on Kaggle 👀

Image of the ADC2025 leaderboard for the top six prize winners

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

ExoClock Unlocked is a program for astronomy - NO telescope is needed & there are no requirements to participate, just motivation to learn to observe exoplanet transits! Participants will be trained by Ariel mission scientists with user-friendly tools, & step-by-step guidance, check it out! 👀👀

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The telescope assembly has now been successfully integrated onto the payload structural model at @RAL_Space_STFC ! 🎉 This model will undergo testing at the UK's new National Satellite Test Facility 🛰️ To see a timelapse video of the assembly, check out the Arieltelescope insta... 👀

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Europlanet @europlanetmedia.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

📢 It's not too late to join the @arieltelescope.bsky.social Data Challenge 2025, contributing to the Exoplanets research! Hurry up, one month left!

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

One month left to join the Ariel Data Challenge 2025! Think you can advance exoplanet research and compete for $50,000 in prizes? Perfect for those passionate about space science to put their skills to the test! Join the challenge and check out our ADC2025 videos here: linktr.ee/arieltelescope

Poster featuring the list of Ariel Data Challenge sponsor logos, including, Cardiff University, UKSA, Rome Sapienza, DiRAC, KCL, CNES, IAA, IAP, UKRI, and UCL.

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🚨 New Video! 🚨 ExoClock Co-ordinator Anastasia Kokori talks about ExoClock - a project to monitor the ephemerides of transiting exoplanets by the ARIEL Ephemerides Working Group, open for public participation! 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7c...

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Welcome to ExoClock!

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🚨Check out our ✨NEW VIDEO✨ introducing the Ariel Data Challenge 2025! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBk_...

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The Ariel Data Challenge 2025!

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dirac-hpc.bsky.social @dirac-hpc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

DiRAC is once again delighted to support the Ariel Data Challenge, having provided the computing resources to generate the 2025 dataset. Visit the Ariel Data Challenge website to learn more about the challenge and to potentially be in with a chance of winning the $15,000 top prize...! 🚀

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Jools @jools-36.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Super exciting stuff! Ariel Data Challenge Launches today! I can't believe it's that time again already, but if you're looking for a bit of a fun coding challenge, check this out, previous years have been a lot of fun. #exoplanets 🔭🪐 www.instagram.com/p/DLhOUXEtKk...

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Europlanet @europlanetmedia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🚨 The Ariel Data Challenge 2025 has launched! 🚀🚀 👀 Check out @arieltelescope.bsky.social to: - Join the challenge - Learn more about the challenge and read the press release on the Ariel Consortium website - Follow all Ariel socials for challenge updates!

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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

King’s is at the forefront of the sixth edition of the Ariel Data Challenge! 🙌 In partnership with UCL, the global competition will help scientists gather important data about the atmospheres of planets beyond our solar system. 🌌 Learn more ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-h...

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King's helps hold global competition to decode secrets of the Universe's most distant worlds

The Ariel Data Challenge 2025, led by a joint initiative between King’s and UCL, will help revolutionise the atmospheric analysis of planets beyond the solar system.

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The Ariel Data Challenge 2025 has launched! Join the challenge here: www.ariel-datachallenge.space To learn more about the challenge and read our ADC2025 launch press release: arielmission.space/index.php/pr... For ADC2025 updates, follow Ariel socials here: linktr.ee/arieltelescope

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Europlanet @europlanetmedia.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🥇 The Europlanet Iberian Hub is proud to announce the winners of the Europlanet Iberian Solar System Amateur Astronomy award: 🔭 Agrupación Astronómica de Sabadell for their large contribution to the @arieltelescope.bsky.social, combining observations of exoplanets with a variety of telescopes 👏

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Jools @jools-36.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Such a pleasure as always to get to present my work at @arieltelescope.bsky.social consortium meeting 🪐🔭 I know it was a packed 3 days so if you missed me please feel free to still drop me a message! -- Also thankyou Leiden for being such a pretty city 👀

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Yamila Miguel @astroyami.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

And here the plenary with 200+ participants!! Turns out this is the #25 Ariel Consortium meeting 🥳🥳!! @arieltelescope.bsky.social @sronspace.bsky.social @esa.int

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Yamila Miguel @astroyami.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Kicking off the Ariel Consortium Meeting at SRON Leiden 😊! @sronspace.bsky.social @arieltelescope.bsky.social

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: Ariel undergoes the UK’s first space acoustic tests, led by RAL Space! Read here: arielmission.space 👀

Teams from RAL Space, Active Space Technologies and the European Space Agency setting up acoustic tests in the NSTF. Credit: STFC RAL Space

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

ExoClock's Anastasia Kokori recently featured on popular Polish Youtube channel Astrofaza to chat about ExoClock! Check it out here [English & Polish]: www.youtube.com/live/weUrMwz...

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Tajemnicza asteroida na orbicie Ziemi to... Księżyc - AstroKawa #290

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚨Check out the BBC Click episode featuring Ariel as part of a segment on the National Satellite Testing Facility on iplayer (link in our bio!) 👀 The Ariel payload is tested at RAL Space & the NSTF before travelling to France to be mounted onto the platform developed by Airbus

Ariel UK National Project Manager Dr Rachel Drummond is speaking to the BBC Click interviewer while both are wearing protective clothing. She wears a full body jumpsuit, including protective head and face covering.

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Psst... we hear that Ariel gets a mention on BBC Click airing this weekend - with an appearance from our UK National Project Manager, Dr Rachel Drummond 👀📺

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"01/02/2025. Alasdair Keane heads behind the scenes of the UK's National Satellite Test Facility. Spencer Kelly explores the robotics taking inspiration from nature. Plus, how a visual effects team brought the detail to the big screen in Mufasa: The Lion King. 01 February 2025."

BBC Technology & Innovation journalist, Alasdair Keane interviews Ariel UK Project Manager Dr Rachel Drummond. They are standing in protective clothing in front of a large vacuum chamber in a large white clean room. Rachel is gesturing to Alasdair with a lighting kit in the foreground.

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Jools @jools-36.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Unleashing my inner scout in the name of @arieltelescope.bsky.social 🔭

Embroidered ARIEL mission badge, pinned and half sewn to a red jacket with white thread, laid on top of a wicker basket

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Luís F. Simões @lfsim.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Tomorrow, at #NeurIPS2024, don't miss the session on the "Ariel Data Challenge 2024: Extracting exoplanetary signals from the Ariel Space Telescope". neurips.cc/virtual/2024... Meet the winners of the Kaggle competition, and find out the role ML will play in the @arieltelescope.bsky.social

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The Ariel team at NeurIPS conference 2024! 😊

The Ariel team stand smiling together at NeurIPS conference 2024

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🚨 LAST FEW DAYS 🚨 Register for ExoClock Unlocked by December 15th here: www.exoclock.space/exoclock_unl... Want to contribute to real scientific research and learn about exoplanet science? But don’t have a telescope? 🔭 No problem! Join ExoClock Unlocked! 🔓

Screen grab of ExoClock website featuring text that reads: “Want to be part of an innovative project?

Want to study exoplanets as a professional astronomer?

Want to know more about modern techniques in astronomy research?

Want to contribute to real scientific research and learn about exoplanet science?

Then …

Join our team and discover the exciting science behind exoplanets

In order to increase participation in our project and exoplanet science, we would like to give the opportunity to observe exoplanet transits to people that don’t have a telescope. This initiative is supported by the Las Cumbres Observatory through the LCO Global Sky Partners program.

To participate, you don’t need to have any previous experience at all! What will you do?
Participate to ExoClock by using remote telescopes.
Perform an observation of an exoplanet transit with the support of the ExoClock team.
Analyse the data with user-friendly tools with the guidance of the ExoClock team.
Become a co-author in our publication after successful completeness of the project.”

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Ariel - but make it tasty! 🎂😋 AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Test) technician Katherine submitted the 🏆winning cake🏆 to the RAL Space STFC Christmas bake off - judged by Ariel AIT manager Georgia Bishop!

Picture of a chocolate cake shaped like Ariel telescope on a table with tinsel festive decorations in the background

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Ariel Data Challenge lead Dr Gordon (Kai Hou) Yip and Prof Ingo Waldmann are taking off, headed to #NeurIPS2024! We’re looking forward to seeing many ADC 2024 winners present their solutions 🤩

Ariel Data Challenge lead Dr Gordon (Kai Hou) Yip and Prof Ingo Waldmann smile and gives thumbs up into the camera in front of an airport departure board

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Europlanet @europlanetmedia.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

📣 The @arieltelescope.bsky.social Data Challenge is now concluded! 👏 And the winners are 1: Kohki Horie, Yamato Arai (University of Tokyo) 2: Jeroen Cottaar (ASML) 3: Vincent Debout, Sébastien Goulet (CS group) 4: Shlomo Ron 5 Team Youri + Pascal 6: Dmitrii Rudenko (LMU)

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The winners of the Ariel Data Challenge 2024 have been officially announced! After a fierce 3 months, 6 winners emerged from 1400+ participants from 75 countries - HUGE congratulations to all the winners! For the full announcement, see the front page & press releases page here: arielmission.space

Text reading: "In an impressive field of competitors, six teams distinguished themselves:
1st Place: Kohki Horie (PhD student) and Yamato Arai (Master's student) from the
University of Tokyo (Team c-number + daiwakun)
2nd Place: Jeroen Cottaar, Data Scientist at ASML (Team Jeroen Cottaar)
3rd Place: Vincent Debout and Sébastien Goulet from CS Group (Team Space Coder)
4th Place: Shlomo Ron (Team greySnow)
5th Place: Team Youri + Pascal
6th Place: Dmitrii Rudenko from LMU Munich (T eam Through the Thorns to the Star)"

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Last week to register - deadline December 15th! ⌛️🗓️👀

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Check out this new article from the researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) 👀 The IA's Pedro Machado is an Ariel Consortium board member & coordinator of the Ariel working group linking the study of exoplanet atmospheres with that of the Solar System

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Wonderful write-up of ExoClock and Ariel's Lisbon meeting in November's NEURÓNIO ☺️ (And ICYMI - there's still time to join ExoClock Unlocked this year! Link in bio 👀)

News clipping from NEURÓNIO, SUPLEMENTO DO AÇORIANO ORIENTA pamphlet. The text is written in Portuguese.

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Jools @jools-36.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Wouldn't catch me missing out on a team photo op - even remotely! @arieltelescope.bsky.social

A group photo in a conference room, with my face on zoom on a large TV in the background

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Luís F. Simões @lfsim.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Join us for the first #ESA Datalabs Hackathon. Develop #MachineLearning models to study #Exoplanets, for the #ArielTelescope! 📍 Where: European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA-ESAC), near Madrid 🇪🇸 📅 When: 16-17 January 2025 👉 Register by 15 December 2024: www.ariel-datachallenge.space/esa-datalabs...

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Ariel Space Mission @arieltelescope.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

📸 Group pics from the Oct 2024 Ariel Consortium meeting in Lisbon 👀 It's always wonderful to see everyone come together, with members travelling in from countries all over the world 🤩

The Ariel consortium huddles together in a group picture, more than 100 people squeezed into the main foyer of Pavilhão do Conhecimento/Ciência Viva

The right side view of the Ariel consortium huddled together in a group picture, more than 100 people squeezed into the main foyer of Pavilhão do Conhecimento/Ciência Viva

The left side view of the Ariel consortium huddled together in a group picture, more than 100 people squeezed into the main foyer of Pavilhão do Conhecimento/Ciência Viva

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