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They were recognised for their work uncovering fossil evidence proving that the Milky Way galaxy grew by engulfing smaller neighbouring galaxies. Data from ESA's Gaia mission played a crucial role. Here's what else Gaia uncovered about our Milky Way 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 2/2

Congratulations to the laureates of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics! 🔴 Vasily Belokurov, University of Cambridge, UK 🔴 Amina Helmi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 🔴 Rodrigo Ibata, University of Strasbourg, France kavli-prize.vercel.app/prizes/astro... 🔭 🧪 1/2

“By uncovering hard-to-see galaxy haloes, [Arrakihs] will reveal new details of how galaxies form and whether the Milky Way galaxy is unique. Its rapid development showcases the flexibility and breadth of ESA’s Science Programme,” says @cmundell.esa.int, ESA’s Director of Science. 🔭 🧪 2/3

Being adopted means that the study phase is complete & the mission is shown to be feasible. Next, the spacecraft and its scientific instrumentation will be built, integrated and tested. It should be ready for launch by late 2030 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ 🔭 🧪 3/3

🚨New mission alert!🚨 🌌🪏ESA adopted ‘galactic archaeology’ mission Arrakihs today 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @arrakihs-mission.eu 🔭 🧪 1/3

Help scientists find clumps of star-forming regions in galaxies with the @galaxyzoo.org project Clump Scout II on @zooniverse.bsky.social! 1/3 🔭 🧪 #CitizenScience

First example of dark matter structure from Euclid! Scientists have put together pieces of evidence collected by Euclid, the #DarkUniverse detective 🕵️, to reveal the dark matter structure in the galaxy cluster Abell 2390 👉 www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-start... @ec-euclid.bsky.social 🔭 🧪 #cosmology

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Overview over the 2026 Kavli Prize in astrophysics

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Gaia’s decade of discoveries: unravelling the intricacies of our galaxy

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And if you're into #CitizenScience, Euclid's Space Warps is another @zooniverse.bsky.social project where you can help spot galaxies bending spacetime 👉 spacewarps.org, now available also in #Japanese So far, volunteers made over two million classifications 👏 3/3 🔭 🧪

Work with public data from our Euclid mission and help refine machine models that will scout the 250 million galaxies Euclid is expected to image that could host such clumps. Discover all details here 👉 www.zooniverse.org/projects/hug... 2/3 🔭 🧪 #CitizenScience

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Correct machine predictions to reveal the shapes of stellar nurseries!

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Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout II | Zooniverse - People-powered research

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#MediaInvitation: Following the 347th ESA Council, information session on the core topics discussed. 🗓 17 June, 15:30 CEST 📍 ESA HQ Paris or online ✅Register by 15 June, 17:00 CEST: blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-me... @josefaschbacher.esa.int