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ESA SCIENCE NEWSLETTER

ISSUE #05/2024 - 16 OCT 2024

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			Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas ESA’s Euclid space mission reveals the first piece of its great map of the Universe, showing millions of stars and galaxies. This first chunk of the map, which is a huge mosaic of 208 gigapixels, was revealed on 15 October at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, by ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Science Professor Carole Mundell.  The mosaic contains 260 observations made between 25 March and 8 April 2024. In just two weeks, Euclid covered 132 square degrees of the Southern Sky in pristine detail, more than 500 times the area of the full Moon. This mosaic accounts for 1% of the wide survey that Euclid will capture over six years. Read more

			Vacancy: Science Operations System Engineer for Envision ESA's Directorate of Science is looking for a System Engineer to support the Envision Science Operations Centre. Envision will be the first mission to investigate Venus from its inner core to its upper atmosphere, characterising the interaction between its atmosphere, surface/subsurface and interior. It aims to provide a holistic view of Venus, studying the planet’s history, activity and climate. Envision is targeting a launch in the early 2030s. We are looking for Science Operations System Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and testing of the science ground segment systems. The post would suit someone with space operations experience, and knowledge of science data processing or operations planning. The deadline for applications is 1 November 2024. Read more

			Vacancy: Science Operations Scientist to support Envision and Juice Envision, with a target launch in the early 2030s, will provide a holistic view of Venus' history, activity, and climate. Juice, launched in 2023 and reaching Jupiter in 2031, will explore the Jupiter system and study the habitability of the Icy Moons. Interplanetary missions studying planetary systems and interactions with their environment, require an operation scientist with a strong inter-disciplinary approach. The post is therefore best suited for someone with a deep understanding of at least one planetary science discipline and demonstrated working experience with the relevant instrumentation. They will work within the Juice and Envision Science Operations Centre, and support instruments teams in preparing science operations. The deadline for applications is 1 November 2024. Read more

	Recent science highlights: Hubble captures intricacies of R Aquarii Juice images the cloud of charged particles around Earth From launch to lunar-Earth flyby \| The journey of Juice (episode 1) Turbulence in the Sun's corona Hubble sees black hole beam boosting stellar eruptions Webb finds potential missing link to first stars Juice snaps an Earth-Moon portrait XRISM unveils black hole and supernova remnant surroundings Hubble finds more black holes in the early Universe

	Upcoming ESA conferences: DASH (Data Analysis and Software in Heliophysics) and IHDEA (International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance) meetings *14-18 October 2024, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain* The DASH meeting (14-16 Oct.) serves as a forum for software developers and scientists to present and discuss software and data systems used in the acquisition, calibration, analysis, and dissemination of data for Heliophysics, including space and ground-based measurements as well as models. The IHDEA (17-18 Oct.) meeting will complement this conversation by focusing on the challenges and opportunities in aligning data and data products with community standards.

	22 years of INTEGRAL: catching results and discoveries *21-25 October 2024, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain* INTEGRAL has been crucial in our understanding of astrophysical phenomena over a wide energy and temporal range. This conference is the occasion to discuss novelties in high-energy astrophysics, new instrumental facilities, and innovative data-analysis methods. Anticipated lively interactions among participants will be harnessed to refine the plan for maximizing data exploitation now and in the decades to come.

	ESLAB Euclid symposium 2025 *24 - 26 March 2025, Leiden, Netherlands* The ESLAB Euclid Symposium 2025 will focus on Euclid science and on the upcoming Euclid quick data release, including a preview of the deep field areas, which is planned for March 2025. A special session will be devoted to the description of the Euclid data and first scientific results. Registration will open in November.