ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. Studying known #exoplanets orbiting nearby bright stars 💫🛰️ In partnership with🇨🇭 & 10 ESA Member States
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
31 Oct 2024
This Halloween 🎃 we're going trick or treating to some of the creepiest cosmic landscapes we've come across this past year 👻 Come along with us! 🧵
1⃣ Webb's eerie view of the Horsehead Nebula
Access the original image here 👉esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
ALT Halloween landscape with houses added on top of an astronomical image. In the image a small portion of the Horsehead Nebula is seen close-in, as a curved wall of thick, smoky gas and dust. Above the nebula various distant stars and galaxies can be seen up to the top of the image.
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
5 Apr 2024
🆕 Have astronomers detected the first ever extrasolar ‘glory’?
🌈 Potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ have been detected on a hellish planet outside our Solar System.
🤝 The team used data from @ESA_CHEOPS & other missions 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
ALT Artist impression of glory on exoplanet WASP-76b.
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🪐 Are you an exoplanet or stellar researcher? Do you need space-based observations of your target? You are in luck!
📭 The CHEOPS Guest Observers Programme is open for your proposals as of today!
🔭 Submit to the 5th Announcement of Opportunity here: cosmos.esa.int/web/cheops-gu…
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
8 Mar 2024
Happy #InternationalWomensDay !
On this occasion, we've caught up with three women in key positions @ESA, including our very own @CGMundell , Director of Science.
Discover Prof. Mundell's views on gender equality and learn more about our current Science Programme strategy, Cosmic Vision, and the upcoming Voyage 2050 👇
#IWD2024
8 Mar 2024
For @womensday 2024, we're acknowledging the remarkable careers of women in key Directorate positions at ESA: @NajaGeraldine, @SimonettaCheli and @CGMundell. Read about the impactful work, pivotal life experiences and their insights on fostering a more inclusive future.
🔗esa.int/About_Us/Diversity_a… #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay
ALT ESA Directors Geraldine Naja, Simonett Cheli and Carole Mundell
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
7 Mar 2024
Moving to the next stage!
#PlatoMission has passed its spacecraft critical design review on March 5th, meaning the spacecraft design and predicted performance meet the mission requirements 🥳
cosmos.esa.int/web/plato/pla…
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
24 Feb 2024
Discovering an exoplanet is just the beginning.
@ESA_CHEOPS is the first ever space mission designed to go after known exoplanets to unveil their precise sizes, masses and even atmospheres.
How will it do that? Discover here 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
#ExoplanetExplorers
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🌌 Scientific Opportunities: CHEOPS offers ultra-high precision photometry for exoplanet transits, eclipses, occultations, and more. Or even to explore exomoons, ring structures, stellar activity, and trans-Neptunian objects!
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🛜 Stay up to date, learn more about CHEOPS, and get familiar with the GO Programme here: cosmos.esa.int/web/cheops-gu…
#ESA #SpaceScience #Exoplanets
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🚀 Exciting news for CHEOPS Guest Observers (GO)!
🌟 Save The Date for our 5th Announcement of Opportunity (AO-5)!
📅 Key Dates: AO-5 is foreseen to open on 12 March 2024 (12:00 CET/CEST) and close on 25 April 2024 (12:00 CET/CEST).
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🔭 Observing Cycle: Selected proposals will be part of the observation period from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
7 Feb 2024
Interested in planets? 🪐🌎
Then you can't miss the Summer School Alpbach 2024, where you'll discover everything about giant #planets and their #moons!
Sixty #students will be selected for this ten-day learning opportunity held in the beautiful Austrian Alps, gaining a unique learning experience with stimulating lectures on space science and engineering, and working intensely within four groups to define and design a space mission under the supervision of experts.
Apply here 👉 summerschoolalpbach.at
ALT Apply now for the Summer School Alpbach 2024
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
29 Nov 2023
1/ A rare star system with 6 #exoplanets has been unlocked with the help of our @ESA_Cheops mission
A special discovery because the planets’ orbital configuration shows that the system is largely unchanged since formation more than a billion years ago
👉esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
ALT Infographic explaining the orbital resonance chains of the 6-planet system that Cheops helped unlock.
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
23 Nov 2023
Last days to apply for the ESA Student Internship Programme! 📅
esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_…
Positions are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social sciences, business, economics and administration services and you have until 𝟑𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 to send your application! 💻
Launch your career in space, apply now👇
#ESArecruits #internships
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
24 Oct 2023
📢 Announcement of Opportunity for ESA-appointed representatives to join the @NASA -GOMAP START team for the Habitable Worlds Observatory 👇
24 Oct 2023
📢 Announcement of Opportunity for ESA-appointed representatives to join the @NASA -GOMAP START team for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: ow.ly/Cxo450PZZBp
Artist’s impression: @NASA, @ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI)
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
7 Sep 2023
🤔 Are you considering applying for the #ESAResearchFellowships?
👀 Here are some FAQ to help you out!
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
28 Aug 2023
📢 The #ESAResearchFellowships in Space Science are now open for applications!
Join us for groundbreaking research in:
☀️ Heliophysics
🌍 Planetary Science
🌌 Astrophysics
⚛️ Fundamental Physics
Learn more 👉 jobs.esa.int/job/Villanueva-…
ALT The ESA Space-Science Fellowships Programme poster shows a collage of planets, stars, galaxies and cosmic web to suggest the different research topics of the programme.
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
19 Jul 2023
🥁 Get ready! The '#ESAResearchFellowships in Space Science 2024' call opens on 28.08.23
🙋♀️ Are you an early career PhD scientist from an @ESA Member State working in #Heliophysics, #PlanetaryScience, #Astrophysics or #FundamentalPhysics?
Join us 👉 cosmos.esa.int/web/space-sci…
ALT The ESA Space-Science Fellowships Programme poster shows a collage of planets, stars, galaxies and cosmic web to suggest the different research topics of the programme.
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
12 Jul 2023
Ein Exoplanet, den es eigentlich nicht geben dürfte. @M_N_Guenther und @ESA_CHEOPS
12 Jul 2023
ESA-Mission Cheops: Der Planet, den es nicht geben dürfte tagesschau.de/wissen/forschu… #ESA #Exoplanet #Planetensystem
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Data from #ESACheops revealed new details about an #exoplanet that shouldn’t exist! This shiniest planet known to date has the size of Neptune, has a dayside temp of 2000 °C and metallic clouds. Read more 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
ALT This is an artist impression of exoplanet LTT9779b orbiting its host star. The host star is located on the left as a large white circle with rays coming out of it in orange. The exoplanet is smaller and shown on the right of the image. The side of the exoplanet that is facing its host star is illuminated. The planet is around the size of Neptune and reflects 80% of the light shone on it, making it the largest known 'mirror' in the Universe. The background of the image is black and speckled across the image is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes.
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ESA CHEOPS – Characterising Exoplanet Satellite retweeted
8 Jun 2023
What are mini-Neptunes and how do you find them is our vast universe? PhD Student Amy Tuson explains how the space telescopes @NASA_TESS and @ESA_CHEOPS allow her to unveil one of those mysterious exoplanets. 👇
phy.cam.ac.uk/news/space-tel… #exoplanets #UNIVERSE
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