Ariel Space Mission

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The Ariel Consortium page | Ariel is an ESA mission to study what exoplanets are made of, how they formed, and how they evolve 🪐

Happy New Year all - we're celebrating with a talk!🥳 Join Ariel PI Giovanna Tinetti for her lecture at the @kingsnmes.bsky.social Annual Physics Schools lecture! 🗓️: 13 January 2026 🕑: 15:15 to 18:00 🗺️: Edmond J Safra LT, KCL Strand 🔗: More info & registration here www.kcl.ac.uk/events/annua...

Annual Physics Schools Lecture: New worlds in our galaxy | King's College London

Dive into the hunt for exoplanets in this engaging physics talk by Professor Giovanna Tinetti.

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ExoClock Unlocked is a program for astronomy - NO telescope is needed & there are no requirements to participate, just motivation to learn to observe exoplanet transits! Participants will be trained by Ariel mission scientists with user-friendly tools, & step-by-step guidance, check it out! 👀👀

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The telescope assembly has now been successfully integrated onto the payload structural model at @RAL_Space_STFC ! 🎉 This model will undergo testing at the UK's new National Satellite Test Facility 🛰️ To see a timelapse video of the assembly, check out the Arieltelescope insta... 👀

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DiRAC is once again delighted to support the Ariel Data Challenge, having provided the computing resources to generate the 2025 dataset. Visit the Ariel Data Challenge website to learn more about the challenge and to potentially be in with a chance of winning the $15,000 top prize...! 🚀

Ariel Space Mission@arieltelescope.bsky.social · last yr.

The Ariel Data Challenge 2025 has launched! Join the challenge here: www.ariel-datachallenge.space To learn more about the challenge and read our ADC2025 launch press release: arielmission.space/index.php/pr... For ADC2025 updates, follow Ariel socials here: linktr.ee/arieltelescope

A poster featuring the Ariel Data Challenge 2025 logo and text that reads:
"ADC2025 has launched!
Join us for the Ariel Data Challenge 2025!
Follow: https://linktr.ee/arieltelescope
When: 30th June 2025
Where: https://www.ariel-datachallenge.space"

King’s is at the forefront of the sixth edition of the Ariel Data Challenge! 🙌 In partnership with UCL, the global competition will help scientists gather important data about the atmospheres of planets beyond our solar system. 🌌 Learn more ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-h...

King's helps hold global competition to decode secrets of the Universe's most distant worlds

The Ariel Data Challenge 2025, led by a joint initiative between King’s and UCL, will help revolutionise the atmospheric analysis of planets beyond the solar system.

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🚨Check out the BBC Click episode featuring Ariel as part of a segment on the National Satellite Testing Facility on iplayer (link in our bio!) 👀 The Ariel payload is tested at RAL Space & the NSTF before travelling to France to be mounted onto the platform developed by Airbus

Ariel UK National Project Manager Dr Rachel Drummond is speaking to the BBC Click interviewer while both are wearing protective clothing. She wears a full body jumpsuit, including protective head and face covering. A depiction of Ariel telescope in space, with the BBC logo in the top left corner, and the text 'European Space Agency' in white besides the image of Ariel on the left.
Ariel Space Mission@arieltelescope.bsky.social · 2y ago

Psst... we hear that Ariel gets a mention on BBC Click airing this weekend - with an appearance from our UK National Project Manager, Dr Rachel Drummond 👀📺

Screengrab of the BBC Iplayer website featuring the text:
"01/02/2025. Alasdair Keane heads behind the scenes of the UK's National Satellite Test Facility. Spencer Kelly explores the robotics taking inspiration from nature. Plus, how a visual effects team brought the detail to the big screen in Mufasa: The Lion King. 01 February 2025."