The @ESA #HeraMission for #PlanetaryDefence will go look for the crater left by @NASA's #DARTMission impacting #asteroid #Dimorphos. But simulations by @unibern suggest there is no crater - insteadHera will find an entirely reshaped body @NatureAstronomy esa.int/Space_Safety/H…
Astrophysicist and @Queen #rockstar @DrBrianMay contributed to the paper with stereoscopic views of the simulations, helping reveal the 3D effects of the #DARTMission impact, with Claudia Manzoni of @LondonStereo esa.int/Space_Safety/H…

In a corner of #ESATech centre #ESTEC in #NL is what looks like a wall hanging – but is actually part of @HubbleTelescope’s space-flown solar array. How did it come to be here? Therein lies a tale… #Hubble30 1/28 In 1977, NASA and ESA made a deal on @HubbleTelescope - ESA gained 15% of telescope observing time, and access to all data, in return for contributing an instrument (the Faint Object Camera), designing and building Hubble’s solar array & providing engineering support 2/28

2/19 NASA’s @ParkerSunProbe goes even closer than @ESASolarOrbiter but samples particles, plasma & the solar wind – it doesn’t image the Sun’s surface, only snapping images looking away, while #SolarOrbiter peers forward – the 2 complement each other esa.int/Enabling_Suppo… 3/19 At its closest to the Sun, @ESASolarOrbiter must withstand sunshine 13 times more intense than Earth orbit. Imagine having to stand out under a cloudless sky filled with 13 separate Suns – the trick is to bring a sunshade with you #SolarOrbiter esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…