gaitee

Dr Gaitee Hussain, Astronomer, nomad, born in the NHS. Opinions are my own (obvs).

[Geekerella @Geekerella]

@FirstResporltv please can you help. I have the flight details, seat number, and her contact details. Flight attendants took a photo but couldn't get it out. 5 years worth of handwritten poems. An 85 year old's memories.

[Geekerella @Geekerella]

An 85 year old flew @KLM from Schipol to @TorontoPearson in business class with wheelchair assistance. A blue folder of her handwritten poems got stuck down the side of the seat. Flight attendants couldn't get it out. Now nobody will help her. "Computer says no". Any suggestions?

[ESA Science @esascience]

Time to say goodbye to Vega-C!

Smile has separated from the Vega-C upper stage and is now flying solo.

[gaitee @onlygaitee]

@DMontesG @SomervilleOx So sad to hear this. Carole was a towering figure in solar and stellar physics & an inspiration to so many, including me. Very grateful to have met and discussed with her. Condolences to all who knew her.🙏

[ESA Science @esascience]

Kick start your space career! Until 28 February, you can apply to around 100 ESA Graduate Trainee positions if you've recently graduated or are in your final Master's year.

Check out all conditions here 👉 https://t.co/omYePvgAyu

#ESArecruits

[IAU-OAD @Astro4Dev]

Share your thoughts on astronomy and development for the G20 Science ministers gathering in South Africa.

Submit a short video at https://t.co/nRVO4slb9l

#astronomy #g20 #southafrica #astronomyfordevelopment
@SKAO @dstigovza @IAU_org

[ESA Science @esascience]

📣 We're looking for post-docs in the fields of heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics and fundamental physics.

Come carry out your independent research with us.

Apply to the ESA Research #Fellowships in Space Science 👉 https://t.co/CkGQyWrLq9

[ESA Science @esascience]

🚨Call for applications: Research Fellowships in Space Science 2026!

Through our #fellowships, post docs can carry out independent research, specifically in heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics & fundamental physics.

Read more👉https://t.co/CkGQyWrLq9

#ESArecruits

[ESA Science @esascience]

Proba-3 achieves its first ‘artificial total solar eclipse’ in orbit!

The mission can create such eclipses once every 19.6-hour orbit & make them last up to 6 hours.

Using these observations, scientists will be able to answer long-lasting questions about our home star 👇

[Friends of Europe @FriendsofEurope]

📢 TOMORROW | With new European leadership and key budgetary decisions on the horizon, we are hosting a timely #CriticalThinkingLive conversation with Dr Josef Aschbacher (@AschbacherJosef), Director General of the European Space Agency (@esa) to delve into the ESA’s recent successes and its evolving role in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape.

👉 Learn more: https://t.co/FkzXA4sICV

[@adamfinley.bsky.social @AdamF_Astro]

Looking forward to the next step of my academic journey! All the way from @CongletonHS to @LancasterUni and @UniofExeter then @CEAParisSaclay and now starting in November @esascience. 😍🚀☀️

[ESA Gaia @ESAGaia]

The Gaia spacecraft is now successfully passivated. Sharly, the girl from the fairing logo waves Gaia a final goodbye. She also sent her farewell to Gaia: "I waved while you soared up into the sky, now I wave you a proper goodbye." https://t.co/uFZW1z6C1G

[European Space Agency @esa]

#MediaInvitation: journalists are invited to join an information session on Thursday 20 March at 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET about the core topics discussed at this week's ESA Council meeting held in Paris. Registration details 👇https://t.co/93wrpZ0V1Z

[Shaun Hotchkiss @just_shaun]

27 @ESA_Euclid papers too many to digest?

Cosmology Talks has your back... (more to come later today too!)

https://t.co/dlBRsRSNUe

[Josef Aschbacher @AschbacherJosef]

Today, I presented to @ESA Member States the first data from ESA's Euclid mission. This dataset includes 26 million galaxies, including a catalogue of more than 380 000 galaxies of which Euclid measured the shapes and the first catalogue of 500 galaxy-galaxy strong lenses, created using AI algorithms trained thanks to the collective effort of almost 10 000 human volunteers.

Euclid scouted out three big areas in the sky, the Euclid Deep Fields, amounting to 63 square degrees of the sky, the equivalent area of more than 300 times the full Moon. In just one week of observations, with one scan of each region so far, Euclid already spotted 26 million galaxies. The farthest of those are up to 10.5 billion light-years away. In these regions, we start to hint at the large-scale organisation of these galaxies in the cosmic web.

Zooming in some areas of this Euclid Deep Fields we encounter huge galaxy clusters with a sea of galaxies of many different shapes and sizes, oriented in all directions and many with spiral arms visible. In some of them, we “see” how the Dark Matter within the clusters distorts the light of faraway galaxies, forming arc-like smears.

Euclid: a truly European mission, built and operated by ESA, with many contributions from its Member States and international partners. The Euclid Consortium consists of more than 2000 scientists from 300 institutes in 15 European countries, the USA, Canada and Japan. Good and just science is done alongside international cooperation, and this must stay at the core of our space activities. And as Head of Council Renato @krpoun said today after seeing the images, "well I guess this really puts things into perspective".

Dive deep into the Universe here:
https://t.co/G5CqvkYMLO

And read more about the results here:
https://t.co/UpHNjzZoSk

[Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int @CGMundell]

Counting down ....

[ESA Science @esascience]

🥁 @ESA_Euclid is getting ready to release the first batch of survey data!

Watch this space on 19 March at 12:00 CET / 11:00 GMT.

A video showcasing the latest treasures uncovered by our #DarkUniverse 🕵️ detective will premiere at the same time 👉 https://t.co/tB9tqbzkwu

[ESA Gaia @ESAGaia]

Abstract submission is open for Symposium S1 at the @EAS_meeting 2025:
"Gaia: The (TWO) Billion Star Galaxy Census: Anticipating the Leap in Understanding of Planets, Stars, the Milky Way with Gaia DR4" https://t.co/ggkXid3087
Deadline: 3 March 2025

[ESA Science @esascience]

Signed and sealed: @ESA_Envision can move towards construction 👏

During the 17th European Space Conference, ESA awarded a contract to @Thales_Alenia_S to build the Envision spacecraft 👉 https://t.co/dXmmb2z780

[ESA Science @esascience]

Today from 14:00 CET you can join the second Director of Science Town Hall meeting with Prof. @CGMundell .

Come online to learn more about the plans and priorities of the Science programme in 2025 and beyond. Registration 👉 https://t.co/GGltyKcsrb