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ESA SCIENCE NEWSLETTER

ISSUE #08/2025 - 05 NOV 2025

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			Student internship opportunities 2025 We are pleased to announce our topics for the 2026 ESA Student Internships in Space Science. The student internships are three- to six-month long placements at the Science and Operations Department (SCI-S) and Science Engagement & Oversight Office (SCI-E) either at ESAC near Madrid, Spain or at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The internships cover a wider range of topics in astronomy, planetary science and heliophysics including engineering, scientific data analysis, instrumentation, machine learning, IT, science education, and science communication. The deadline for applications is 30 November 2025. Read more

			Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes VIII: Enriching the Universe: From Primordial Nucleosynthesis to Exoplanet Atmospheres We are delighted to announce the latest in the series of ESA-sponsored conferences, in collaboration with STScI, which highlight the scientific impact of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. With both missions in science operations, we are unlocking many of the mysteries of the Universe, in what is a tremendously exciting time for astronomy. The conference will showcase the latest Hubble and Webb studies of chemical evolution and nucleosynthesis over all scales, from understanding the chemistry of nearby protoplanetary disks and planetary atmospheres, to the earliest enrichment by the first galaxies and stars. Abstract submission deadline: 24 November 2025 Read more

	Recent science highlights: Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster (documentary)

	Upcoming ESA conferences:
	Working with Euclid Q1: From Data Access to Science *1-3 December 2025, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain* The workshop will focus on the data made available in March 2025 with the ESA Euclid Q1 data release. This event will bring together researchers with and without prior experience using Euclid data to showcase new scientific results based on Euclid Q1 data, explore research areas where Euclid data can be used, and learn how to work with Euclid Q1 using Euclid Data Space, Euclid Science Archive, ESASky, and ESA Datalabs.

	Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes VIII: Enriching the Universe: From Primordial Nucleosynthesis to Exoplanet Atmospheres *13-16 April 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online* This is the latest in the series of ESA conferences, in collaboration with STScI, to highlight the scientific impact of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. The conference will showcase the latest Hubble and Webb studies of chemical evolution and nucleosynthesis, from understanding the chemistry of nearby protoplanetary disks and planetary atmospheres, to early enrichment by the first galaxies and stars.

	The X-ray Universe 2026 *8-11 June 2026, Elche, Spain* This conference is the seventh meeting in the "The X-ray Universe" series, aimed at encompassing a broad range of high-energy astrophysics topics, from solar system studies to cosmology. It will provide a showcase for results and discoveries from XMM-Newton and other missions, discussing as well the scientific potential of future missions and the evolution of the scientific analysis landscape.