on my webpage! I am an experienced spacecraft analyst at the European Space Operations Centre via Telespazio Germany GmbH. Currently, I am the analyst for the X-ray astronomy mission XMM-Newton, but have worked as an analyst for almost all Earth Explorer spacecrafts previously. In the past I have worked as an astrophysicist studing accreting neutron stars and cosmological neutrino sources. For more details please have a look at the “About me” menu.
ESA Space Science News
ESA observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
07/10/2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) reacted promptly to the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025. Soon after they were alerted to its existence by automated detection systems, ESA astronomers began using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii, Chile, and Australia to monitor its progress.Since then, the comet has been observed by space telescopes close to Earth, including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.In the coming months, ESA will turn interplanetary voyagers such as Mars Express, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) in the direction of the comet to make further observations from excellent vantage points.Follow the links below for more information.
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The Red Spider Nebula, caught by Webb
28/10/2025
The Red Spider Nebula (Webb)
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Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
09/10/2025
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final key tests to confirm that it is fit for launch.
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Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars
08/10/2025
ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS
07/10/2025
Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars.
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Fly over Xanthe Terra with Mars Express
02/10/2025
ESA’s Mars Express takes us on another mesmerising flight over curving channels carved by water, islands that have resisted erosion, and a maze of hilly terrain.
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Cassini proves complex chemistry in Enceladus ocean
01/10/2025
Scientists digging through data collected by the Cassini spacecraft have found new complex organic molecules spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. This is a clear sign that complex chemical reactions are taking place within its underground ocean. Some of these reactions could be part of chains that lead to even more complex, potentially biologically relevant molecules.Published today in Nature Astronomy, this discovery further strengthens the case for a dedicated European Space Agency (ESA) mission to orbit and land on Enceladus.
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Gaia discovers our galaxy’s great wave
30/09/2025
Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre.
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Mars’s atmospheric mille-feuille
22/09/2025
Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity.
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The most accurate 3D map of stellar nurseries in the Milky Way
16/09/2025
Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope.
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Immense stellar jet in Milky Way outskirts
10/09/2025
Way out toward the edge of our Milky Way galaxy, a young star that is still forming is sending out a birth announcement to the Universe in the form of a celebratory looking firework.
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Glittering glimpse of star birth
04/09/2025
Webb image of a glittering glimpse of star birth
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Webb observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
29/08/2025
*Click here for the latest updates on ESA observations of comet 3I/ATLAS*
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Testing, testing, testing – Let’s Smile (episode 3)
15/07/2025
Smile is a brand-new space mission currently in the making.
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Plato’s eyes meet brain
30/06/2025
On 11 June, engineers at OHB’s facilities in Germany joined together the two main parts of ESA’s Plato mission.
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