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- Ariane 6 launches: is it a plane? Aircraft spotting with ISTSat 2024-04-16
- Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists 2024-04-16Wading through the wealth of data from ESA’s Gaia mission, scientists have uncovered a ‘sleeping giant’. A large black hole, with a mass of nearly 33 times the mass of the Sun, was hiding in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth. This is the first time a black hole of stellar origin […]
- EarthCARE out of the box 2024-04-16After being packed up in Germany, a long voyage to the US and then a month in storage, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has been carefully lifted out of its transport container so that the team at the launch site can start getting it ready for its big day in May.