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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 18/09/2026

ESA's proposed Neomir spacecraft will use the infrared to spot asteroids hidden in the Sun's glare. It is a planetary defence mission but one with considerable scientific potential - as shown in this week's inaugural Neomir Science Workshop in Nice, France neomir-nice.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 14/09/2026

💡Key takeaways from the new ESA 2026 Space Environment Report: long-term projections worsen drastically. Read the bite-size summary of the yearly status report on space debris and the impact of mitigation measures 👉 esa.int/Space_Safety...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 07/09/2026

Metre-sized meteoroid 2026 RW1 (previously known as CERNQ52) hit the ocean off NW Australia on Sunday afternoon - but the impact was forecast roughly six hours in advance, using ESA’s Meerkat automated system for predicting imminent impactors! neo.ssa.esa.int/imminent-imp...

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Josef Aschbacher @josefaschbacher.esa.int · 06/09/2026

A historic night for European spaceflight. Huge congratulations to Daniel Metzler and the entire Isar aerospace team on reaching orbit with Spectrum 🚀 from continental Europe. www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

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ESA Earth Observation @esaearth.esa.int · 07/09/2026

What do you know about Copernicus Sentinel-3? Since 2016, Sentinel-3 has been monitoring oceans, land, ice & the atmosphere, helping us understand climate change. Ahead of Sentinel-3C’s launch, discover how the mission contributes to understanding our changing planet: www.esa.int/Applications...

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How Sentinel-3 tracks climate change

Copernicus Sentinel-3 is one of the most diverse missions for measuring and monitoring Earth’s climate systems. It captures a breadth of data about the environment and has contributed substantially to...

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our warning system Meerkat has detected a new small meteoroid impacting the Earth in the next hour. Don't be afraid! It is just around 1 metre in size and it will just make a great show in the sky.

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 01/09/2026

🫶 And there were none... Tango danced its final dance and reentered the atmosphere at 23:30:31 CEST. The signal from the spacecraft via Kourou was lost forever 13 minutes earlier. But once more: the airborne observation campaign has reported success - stay tuned! blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 01/09/2026

🔥Samba’s reentry was recorded! There is fire streaking across the sky in this first image from the ROSIE plane campaign. Credit: ESA/ROSIE/University of Stuttgart (HEFDiG) Read more: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 01/09/2026

💃 Samba has danced its final dance and reentered the atmosphere at 23:39:38 CEST. The final signal from the spacecraft via Kourou was lost for the last time 13 minutes earlier. But, good news: the airborne observation campaign has reported success - stay tuned! blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 31/08/2026

☀️💶 Just one big solar storm can cost Europe tens to hundreds of billions of euros according to the new socio-economic impact report published by the European Commission. Operational space weather services will make a critical difference. defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/study-impact...

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 27/08/2026

LIFTOFF! 🚀 Ariane 6 #VA270, launching MTG-I2, completing Europe's Meteosat constellation.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 27/08/2026

Success! ✅ MTG-I2 is on its way to geostationary orbit. After acquiring signal, the satellite has been confirmed healthy. 🔗 esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/MTG-I2_completes_Europe_s_latest_weather_trio

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 27/08/2026

Mercury, here we go! ☀️🌑🛰️ Watch @esa.int / #JAXA #BepiColombo MTM separation live on 3 September and witness the first critical step in a never-before-seen planetary arrival. 💫 Click here for more info 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup... @science.esa.int

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 25/08/2026

🔥 Our Draco reentry mission will record its own fiery demise. How? Well, the answer involves a heat shield made of cork, a meticulously shaped capsule, zapping plasma through wind tunnels and parachute drop tests. Learn all about the mission's design challenges 👉 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

The Draco capsule's heat shield is blasted by plasma in a wind tunnel to test if it can withstand reentry conditions

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 24/08/2026

💃☄️✨ It’s time for the final two dances: Samba and Tango are the last two Cluster satellites to go through their targeted reentries into the atmosphere and sparkle across the skies, next week on 31 Aug and 1 Sep blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 28/07/2026

A high-velocity meteor that exploded high above the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina in April was detected by lightning imagers aboard European and US weather satellites. Their observations are helping to pin down its likely origin: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

MTG-I satellite in geostationary orbit overlooking Europe, Africa and the Atlantic

Graph showing meteor trajectory from weather satellite observations

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Maravilloso trabajo de la Comisión de Astronomía Cultural de la Sociedad Española de Astronomía en la que nos dan una aproximación preciosa a los eclipses en la historia y el arte. @sea-astronomia.bsky.social sea-mundoeclipses.es

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Un mundo de eclipses | Eclipse solar 2026 en España — SEA

Los eclipses solares en el arte, la historia y las culturas del mundo. Guía para vivir el eclipse total del 12 de agosto de 2026 en España.

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 08/07/2026

Operating across 140 million km of space from ESOC's Interplanetary Control Room (left), ESA’s Hera mission team has upgraded the software running the spacecraft - leaving it ready to explore the distant Dimorphos and Didymos asteroids this autumn www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

ESA Interplanetary Control Room entrance

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Torifune is about 450m across with a mass of 180 million tonnes; Kamo'oalewa is about 20m across with a mass of only 7000 tonnes.

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Starting the Asteroids, Comets and Meteors conference in Poznan. Fantastic environment and great chance to meet with colleagues from all over the world.

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

¡Finalmente! El magnífico telescopio Vera Rubin inicia por fin su barrido de 10 años de los cielos para descubrir todo tipo de eventos transitorios en el cielo... y especialmente ¡descubrir centenares de miles de asteroides! rubinobservatory.org/es/news/acti...

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¡Comienza el rodaje! Rubin inicia la película cósmica más grande de la historia | El Observatorio Rubin

La espera al fin terminó: el Observatorio Rubin de NSF–DOE, financiado por la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de EE.UU. y la Oficina de Ciencia del Departamento de Energía de EE.UU., ya está capturando...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 30/06/2026

Want to know about our Hera asteroid mission for🪨Asteroid Day, which is on its way to the 1st asteroid changed by human action? Watch our cartoon series, starting here 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – Presenting Hera

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 30/06/2026

Happy #AsteroidDay! 🪨 But why today of all days? Find out here, along with eight other key dates in asteroid history! 👉 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

Ramses mission and accompanying CubeSats around Apophis asteroid as it passes Earth in 2029

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Participando hoy en los eventos del Día del Asteroide en Luxemburgo. Muy agradecido a la fundación del Asteroid Day por su invitación a participar en las actividades de hoy.

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 25/06/2026

Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 flies past Earth on Saturday – great advertising for this weekend’s Asteroid Day festival! After a Friday evening astronomy session, Saturday's all day event includes astronauts, asteroid experts and mission engineers. Watch it live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faco...

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Asteroid Day Festival 2026

YouTube video by Asteroid Day

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 25/06/2026

The backbone of ESA's Ramses asteroid mission is now standing tall in its Bremen cleanroom. From here on in the mission is being developed as two halves in parallel, to ensure Ramses makes its spring 2028 launch deadline: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 24/06/2026

🪨Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1, as monitored by ESA's Planetary Defence team, makes a close approach to Earth this Saturday that could be visible to small telescopes 🔭 esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 23/06/2026

Save the date and join our Open Days 2026. 19 - 20 Sept. - ESA HQ, Paris 🇫🇷 25 Sept. - ESA ESRIN, Frascati 🇮🇹 26 - 27 Sept. - ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk 🇳🇱 2 Oct. - ESA ESOC, Darmstadt 🇩🇪 3 Oct. - ESA ESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada 🇪🇸 10 Oct. - ESA ECSAT, Harwell 🇬🇧 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 12/06/2026

Planetary defence is inherently international: at yesterday’s UNOOSA Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna, @esa.int, Italian space agency ASI & Japanese agency JAXA discussed their Ramses mission collaboration, meeting asteroid Apophis which passes Earth on Friday 13 April 2029

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 09/06/2026

Our astronaut Luca Parmitano is assigned as pilot of NASA’s #ArtemisIII mission. With Europe powering Orion with the European Service Module, this mission will test the critical operations preparing for humankind's return to the Moon. A strong step forward for ESA–NASA partnership. 📸 NASA

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Muy agradecido a Ferrán Ferrando y Eva Soria por su amable invitación para hablar sobre eclipses en el Instituto Cervantes Frankfurt. ¡Lo pasamos estupendamente todos! @institutocervantes.bsky.social

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Inmensamente agradecido a Pedro San Jose y a John Beckman por su amabilísima invitación a participar en las magníficas XIV Jornadas de Astronomía de Almería representando a la Oficina de Defensa Planetaria de la ESA. Ha sido todo un placer y un honor participar en ellas. youtu.be/GWdBIQcvTRY

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CONFERENCIA DE JUAN LUIS CANO: "Como nos protegemos del impacto de asteroides"

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Amigos de Málaga, estaré esta tarde.en la Fundación Unicaja para hablar de Defensa Planetaria en la ESA. Os invito a veniros. x.com/fundunicaja/...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 18/05/2026

Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2, monitored by ESA's Planetary Defence team, makes a notably close approach to Earth this evening (but with zero chance of impact!)

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 13/05/2026

🎶 Fireballs and lightning… very, very exciting! Millions of lightning flashes light up Earth daily. But @eumetsat.int’s MTG-LI satellite is revealing fireball flashes in the data. @esa.int's graduate trainee Niels Rubbrecht is helping to find these bright needles in the lightning haystack. 🌠

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 23/03/2026

🚨New article alert🚨From icy moons to icy interstellar objects! 💫 If you were wowed by @esa.int 's Juice images of 3I/ATLAS, you’ll be even more wowed when you learn how the mission team managed to pull off the unprecedented observation campaign. 🛰️ Read here 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ya falta menos para que tengamos al telescopio #Flyeye de la ESA instalado en su localización final en Sicilia. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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Flyeye: ESA’s automated asteroid hunters

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 17/03/2026

A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA’s Hera spacecraft on course for arrival at the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year! At Didymos, Hera will help turn asteroid deflection into a reliable technique for protecting Earth 🛡️🌍 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

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Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous

A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA’s Hera spacecraft on course for its rendezvous with the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 09/03/2026

🚨 UPDATE: fireball over Europe – 8 March 2026 At 18:55 CET on Sunday, 8 March, a very bright fireball streaked across the skies of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, glowing for around six seconds before fragmenting. 🧪🔭 🎥 Allsky7

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 09/03/2026

Did you see a flash of light in the sky over central Europe last night? ESA's Planetary Defence team is analysing the event. Info at: www.esa.int/Space_Safety... Video credit: ALLSKY7 / Bernd Klemt – AMS76 Herkenrath/DE

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 05/03/2026

Space missions have greatly enriched our understanding of Earth and the Universe, and our modern society has become dependent on essential satellite services. But there's a problem: we've brought our bad habits with us into orbit: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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Juan Luis Cano González @juaguispace.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Estoy muy agradecido al Instituto Cervantes Frankfurt por su calurosa acogida ayer para la charla que impartí sobre Defensa Planetaria. Quiero hacer especial mención a Ferrán y Eva por su fabulosa acogida. ¡Gracias!

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