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Ready to launch your career in space?

Our Junior Professional Programme could be your lift‑off. 🚀

If you hold a Master’s degree and have up to three years’ experience, this is your chance to join the European space sector.

Apply now 👉 https://t.co/Z7qmv6R3PD

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🆕 How did this planet survive the death of its star? ☠️⭐

WD 1856 b is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet which orbits its host star (a white dwarf) extremely tightly. If it had originally been orbiting at this distance, it would have been obliterated while the star was a red giant! 🔥 1/3

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A 3rd launch anniversary gift for you! 🎁 📹

In just 26 hours, @ESA_Euclid imaged millions of stars at the heart of our galaxy 🤩

Hidden among them are planets we cannot see.

Yet, thanks to gravity and chance alignment, we can detect their presence.

How? 👇
https://t.co/Xn8SOH2iWK

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New distance measurements for our galaxy 📏

@ESA_XMM & NASA's @chandraxray have measured the distance to three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy.

In doing so, they found the arms to be up to 10% further away than we thought 👉 https://t.co/WMk1wkW3XG

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Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month features a starry chandelier 💡

This is the globular cluster NGC 6723, also known as the Chandelier Cluster. Each of its ‘lightbulbs’ is an individual star 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer) 🏹 1/3

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Our Dark Universe detective 🕵️ earns its spot in ESA's June highlights – with the largest, most detailed image of the Milky Way's heart ever taken in visible light 👉 https://t.co/yRdDomKEFO

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Artemis III crew announcement, a record-breaking Ariane 6, major science updates and more. Catch up on our main stories in June 2026. 👀

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🆕 Webb has pinpointed millions of stars in the Cigar Galaxy! 

The edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82), also known as the Cigar Galaxy is a unique sight. It is undergoing tremendous star formation (thought to be the result of a galaxy merger) for a galaxy of its size and location. 1/3

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@WIRED Thanks @WIRED! 💛

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Solar Eclipse: myth ❌ or fact ✅ ?

🔴 will eclipses vanish one day?
🔴 do regular sunglasses protect your eyes?
🔴 do eclipses only move West to East?

Find out with astronaut @Astro_Pablo_ESA

🔭 🧪 #EuropeanSolarEclipse

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Get ready for the 12 August #SolarEclipse with our educational kit.

Packed full of activities designed for children aged 6-18, the English and Spanish kit invites you to build an eclipse simulator, a pinhole camera and even a home-made spectograph 👉 https://t.co/5CtHhF37WN

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You've seen @ESA_Euclid 's dazzling image of the Milky Way’s crowded heart. Now explore it yourself.

Zoom in, zoom out, go wherever your curiosity takes you 🤩 – in #ESAsky 👇

https://t.co/uDmSvnMSOd

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Inspector Smile has reached her science orbit! 😊

The European-Chinese team is now embarking on a two-month campaign to ‘commission’ the spacecraft, which involves switching on and testing out its toolbox of science instruments 👉 https://t.co/SfyYooNSAO

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@ESA_Euclid Find out more about this image 👉 https://t.co/yRdDomKEFO

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Today, @ESA_Euclid revealed the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light 🙌

This video takes you on a journey across this region. 

Turn up the volume and enjoy our galactic centre 🤩

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@AFP Go Euclid! 🙌

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#ESAEuclid proves time and again that it's a remarkable space telescope.

In just one day, it captured a mosaic that covers the entire region that the Roman space telescope will monitor for planet hunting, delivering essential data for this quest.

Follow the story at https://t.co/VjiPDadGpx

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No less than 60 million stars in one image.

It's possible thanks to the @ESA_Euclid mission.

For just one day, Euclid turned its gaze to the crowded heart of the Milky Way and captured the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light.

Let's dive deeper 👇

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Astronomers pointed Euclid to this area to study exoplanets using a technique called microlensing.

Discover how here 👉https://t.co/yRdDomKEFO

Thanks to these observations they will be able to confirm any exoplanet found in this region and measure its mass.

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