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Meet @esa_smile.
The soon-to-be newest member of our space science mission fleet.
Employing X-ray and UV vision to see how Earth reacts to relentless streams and bursts of particles from the Sun.
Dive into the Smile mission here 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Congratulations to Dr. Paola Pinilla, who has been awarded the @RoyaAstroSoc Price Award for her world-leading work on protoplanetary disks - the gas and dust around young stars where planets are born ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/ucl-…
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Congratulations to the UK Cluster team for their Sir Arthur Clarke award given for their major role in the multi-spacecraft mission (that produced 1000s of papers), leading 3 of the 11 instruments & hosting the Science Operations Centre. Photo: Natasha & Andrew from @MSSLSpaceLab
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The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize has been won by Dr Catherine Elizabeth Regan of @MSSLSpaceLab for exceptional leadership of the Eyes on Mars project, engaging diverse audiences and inspiring our next generation of scientists, alongside high-impact and novel research on Martian dust storms. 👏 #IOPAwards24
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Hello, Smile! 👋
🌞↔️🌍 Enjoy this view of the spacecraft that will observe the full Sun-Earth connection, filling an essential gap in our understanding of the Solar System.
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We had a busy summer this year! Including running a new Space School in London for secondary students. Find out about the partnership: staracademies.org/news-story…
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Over the past few weeks we have welcomed colleagues from the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to cross-calibrate the Light Ion Analyser for @esa_smile ahead of the instrument being integrated onto the spacecraft. @uclmaps @spacegovuk
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"It will leave a very impressive legacy": the first satellite of the @esa Cluster mission investigating Earth's magnetosphere, which involved Prof Andrew Fazakerley and others @MSSLSpaceLab @uclmaps, has safely returned to Earth after 24 years in space ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/good…
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🤔 What happens where the solar wind meets Earth’s magnetic shield?
🩻 This is one of the questions @esa_smile aims to answer by observing soft X-rays and extreme ultraviolet wavelengths.
The mission will study Earth’s magnetic environment on a global scale, building a more complete understanding of the Sun–Earth connection.
Find out more 👉 esa.int/smile
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☀️🌬️🌍 Here are the top three mysteries @ESA_Smile aims to solve:
🌬️ 🛡️ What happens where the solar wind meets Earth’s magnetic shield?
🧲❌ What causes magnetic glitches on the dark side of Earth?
🚨 ⚡️ How can we predict the most dangerous space weather threats in advance?
Delve deeper 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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☀️🌬️🌍 The @ESA_Smile mission will improve our understanding of how Earth responds to space weather and solar storms.
The protective magnetic bubble that surrounds Earth is invisible to our eyes, but with its UV and X-ray cameras, #ESASmile will reveal how it works.
Find out more at esa.int/smile
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ESA ensures a ride into space for its @ESA_Smile mission, with @Arianespace signing up to launch the spacecraft on a Vega-C rocket 🚀
Find out more 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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Interested in studying for an MSc taught by people designing, building & operating cutting edge hardware for multi-national space missions? Applications are open until 28 June for overseas students and 30 August for home.
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The @WWLLN station on the roof of @MSSLSpaceLab 📡 is back online! It is part of a worldwide network to detect and locate lightning ⚡️ activity through very low frequency (VLF) radio signals 📻.
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It’s time to say goodbye 👋🥹
Our ‘Salsa’ satellite has danced its final dance, marking the beginning of the end for one of ESA’s longest-serving missions. 💃🏽
esa.int/Enabling_Support/Ope…
#ClusterMission
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New research! 📝 Finally published our study on the response of pitch angle distributions to the upper limit on trapped radiation belt particles.
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@colforsyth @lazzeri_chiara along with mission Co-PI Prof. Graziella Branduardi Raymont and others presented #SMILEesacas, talking about this exciting upcoming mission to image the invisible edge of our magnetosphere and the aurora.
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OK. Lets get this in orbit. Building on the European pioneering mission @ESA_Cluster , it is time to go across the scales !!! 🤘🏼 #ESAHeliophysics #PlasmaObservatory


































