23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
... ARIEL will address one of the key themes of ESA’s Cosmic Vision; what are the conditions for planet formation and the... by a consortium of more than 60 institutes from 15 ESA member state countries, with UK institutions providing the leadership and...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
...’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, by mid-2021. The optical/near-infrared survey mission, which is part of ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme, is designed to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by observing their signatures...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... mission addresses two of the overarching themes of ESA’s Cosmic Vision Programme: ‘What are the conditions for planet ...post-doctoral positions, he was recruited as staff member to ESA in February 2003. He has worked on projects including Huygens,...
21 June 2017
LISA gets green light from ESA
... given the green light, following its selection in February 2014. PLATO is the third medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme and its aim is to find and study a large number of extrasolar planetary systems, in particular those that...
28 July 2021
Hubble helps astronomers find first evidence of water vapour at Ganymede
... combined the data from two instruments: Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph in 2018 and archival images from ... moons Explorer. JUICE is the first large-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. Planned for launch in 2022 and arrival ...
