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Professor Carole Mundell

@cmundell.esa.int

Director of Science, @esa.int; Head of the European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid. Astrophysicist, science diplomat, ex-Science Council President; ex-Chief Scientist Adviser & International Science Envoy, UK FCDO. She/her. My views.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 17h ago

Hosted by Dame Dr Maggie Aderin, the broadcast features our Director of Science Professor @cmundell.esa.int , ESA scientists, and Javier Cenarro, the director of Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, our location for the day 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 ☀️ #EuropeanSolarEclipse 2/2

Total solar eclipse: how to watch live from home

A total solar eclipse is coming to Europe. The European Space Agency (ESA) will broadcast live from 19:30 CEST on 12 August, allowing you to experience this rare event from anywhere in the world. Quic...

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · yesterday

What makes the 12 August #EuropeanSolarEclipse special? For a start, the Iberian Peninsula hasn't seen a total solar eclipse since 1912❗ Here are 7 more reasons not to miss it 👉 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/07/8_things_to_know_about_this_year_s_solar_eclipse 🔭 🧪

8 things to know about this year’s solar eclipse

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · yesterday

By comparing those forecasts with reality, scientists look to improve the models used to understand the Sun's magnetic environment and forecast space weather. @operations.esa.int has more details here 👉 www.esa.int/Space_Safety... 2/2

Virtual totality ahead of the solar eclipse

On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, Spain and part of northeastern Portugal. This rare event will provide a unique opportunity to st...

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · yesterday

Virtual totality? ☀️ Ahead of the 12 August eclipse, KU Leuven researchers are using computer simulations and the latest solar observations from missions such as Solar Orbiter and Proba-3 to predict what the solar corona will look like. 1/2 🔭 🧪

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 2d ago

12 August: for over one minute, day turns to night 🌑 thanks to a total solar eclipse. But will it be visible from your place? Check out these maps to find out. If you're close to the path of totality, but not within it, it is totally worth the travel! 1/2 🔭 🧪 #EuropeanSolarEclipse

Map of Earth shown as a globe, with the focus on its northern hemisphere. A red, C-shaped arc marked 'total eclipse' reaches from northeast Russia, past the North Pole, Greenland, Iceland and the Iberian Peninsula. An orange oval surrounds this arc, marked 'partial eclipse', covering most of Europe, Canada and parts of the USA, the western edge of Africa and the northeastern corner of Russia.

Spain and Canary Islands map showing total solar eclipse path on 12 Aug 2026 with totality band and darkness contours

Professor Carole Mundell @cmundell.esa.int · 2w ago

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ESA statement on the wildfires near Cebreros

(Spanish text below)ESA is closely monitoring the wildfire situation in the vicinity of its deep-space ground station in Cebreros, Spain.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 2w ago

Doing your research on the #SolarEclipses coming to Europe in 2026, 2027 and 2028? We have materials that could help https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Sets/2026_2028_European_solar_eclipses/(result_type)/images Follow www.esa.int/solareclipse for updates. 🔭 🧪 ☀️ #EduSky #EuropeanSolarEclipse

A map of the Iberian Peninsula, showing where three solar eclipses will cross Spain and Portugal. A purple band marked ‘Total solar eclipse 12 August 2026’ curves from Spain's northwest to central east. An orange band marked ‘Total solar eclipse 2 August 2027’ covers Spain's southern tip and northern Africa. A green band marked ‘Annular solar eclipse 26 January 2028’ crosses the peninsula diagonally from southern Portugal to northeastern Spain.

ESA in italiano @ita.esa.int · 3w ago

La registrazione è disponibile a questo link 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... Tra i relatori, il nostro Direttore Scientifico @science.esa.int Prof.ssa @cmundell.esa.int e altri esperti dell'ESA. 🔭 🧪 #EuropeanSolarEclipse @esa.int

Replay of the online media briefing on the total solar eclipse

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 3w ago

Missed our total solar eclipse media briefing or couldn't attend? Watch the recording here 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... featuring our Director of Science, Prof. @cmundell.esa.int , and other ESA experts. 🔭 🧪 #EuropeanSolarEclipse

Replay of the online media briefing on the total solar eclipse

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SPIE @spie.org · 4w ago

For the 2027 #SPIE Society Awards, we're introducing a new award! 🏆💡 ✨ The SPIE Award for Excellence in Leadership ✨ celebrates leaders whose vision, influence, and collaborative approach have strengthened the global optics and #photonics community. Read the award criteria: https://bit.ly/4g8aYkX

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SPIE @spie.org · 4w ago

“Europe decided, decades ago, that some questions are too big for any one nation—and too important to leave unanswered.” #SPIEastro @esa.int @science.esa.int @cmundell.esa.int

Large screen shows text that reads: REACH FOR THE SKIES WITH THE ESA SCIENCE PROGRAMME.

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SPIE @spie.org · 4w ago

Amaze amaze amaze 🤩 Carole Mundell, Director of Science at the @esa.int, delivers an inspiring presentation on the ESA portfolio, from the exoplanet fleet to upcoming missions to #Venus, #Jupiter, and #Mercury. 🔭 #SPIEastro @cmundell.esa.int

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 4w ago

A cosmic construction project 🏗️ Webb has observed a galaxy cluster in the making. Two sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass, are actively merging in this messy view. Several details come to light when looking closer 👉 esawebb.org/images/potm2... 🔭 🧪

A galaxy cluster in deep space. It is filled with elliptical galaxies: small, bright white glowing ovals. The two largest elliptical galaxies, left and right of center, are bright cores that radiate light. Unrelated, distant galaxies are scattered around as red smudges and dots.Many of these are stretched out into red arcs and lines by the galaxy cluster’s strong gravity, creating multiple images in places. Numerous spiral galaxies and bright stars appear in the foreground. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, S. Fujimoto

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · last mo.

Written in its stars ✨ On its 4th science anniversary, Webb has turned its gaze towards Centaurus A. Thanks to its high resolution we can now study the galaxy star by star, reconstructing when different events in its history happened 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪

$A horizontal image of the galaxy Centaurus A stretches across a black background filled with thousands of tiny purple, pink, and white points of light. The galaxy is brightest at its centre, where a brilliant white and pale pink glow radiates outward. Eight diffraction spikes extend from the central glow. Delicate loops and wispy ribbons of pink and lavender arc above and below the centre of the image in the shape of an ‘S’. A band of gray and white dust in the shape of a parallelogram cuts across the middle of the galaxy. Mottled patches and bright knots are scattered throughout the dusty band. The galaxy’s outer edges fade into soft, cloud-like plumes with feathery textures that stretch toward the left and right sides of the image. Against the surrounding darkness, a few bright foreground stars shine with Webb’s distinctive diffraction spikes, while countless fainter stars create a speckled backdrop. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI), J. Depasquale (STScI), M. Garcia Marin (ESA Office at STScI)$

European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · last mo.

#OTD 3 July 2003, ESA's Mars Express was pointed backwards to see a view of the Earth-Moon system from 8 million km while on its way to Mars. This was the first image of planetary objects taken by its High Resolution Stereo Camera 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... @science.esa.int @cmundell.esa.int

A blue crescent Earth on the left, with a tiny silver grey crescent Moon on the right, separated by a black void. The image was built by combining a super resolution black-and-white snapshot image of Earth and the Moon taken by the Mars Express HRSC camera with colour information obtained by the blue, green and red sensors of the instrument.

ESA en español @es.esa.int · last mo.

El anuncio de la tripulación de Artemis III, el récord de Ariane 6, importantes novedades científicas y mucho más. 👀 Ponte al día con las principales noticias de junio de 2026.🗞️

European Space Agency@esa.int · last mo.

Artemis III crew announcement, a record-breaking Ariane 6, major science updates and more. Catch up on our main stories in June 2026. 👀 youtu.be/rOyHbD54ad4?...

ESA en español @es.esa.int · last mo.

Hoy, en el IX New Space Atlantic Summit en Lisboa, la directora de @science.esa.int @cmundell.esa.int destacó cómo la innovación impulsa el crecimiento y genera más inversión en el espacio, mientras la ESA trabaja con sus Estados miembros para desarrollar sus ambiciones científicas y tecnológicas.

European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · last mo.

#OTD 1 July 2004 (30 June US time), the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn, the first to do so. This is the first image of the planet's rings received after orbit insertion. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... @carolynporco.bsky.social @cmundell.esa.int @science.esa.int

After becoming the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Saturn, Cassini-Huygens sent back a photograph of a portion of the planet's rings. It was taken by the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera and shows the dark, unlit side of the rings.

ESA en español @es.esa.int · last mo.

¡Inspector Smile ya está en su órbita científica! 😊 El equipo europeo y chino inicia ahora una campaña de dos meses para la puesta en servicio de la nave, que incluye encender y comprobar todo su conjunto de instrumentos científicos. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... @science.esa.int

Smile reaches science orbit

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Eamonn Kerins @eamonnkerins.bsky.social · last mo.

Wild to see the detail revealed by the #Euclid #Galactic Bulge Survey. Right side of the ESASKY image below shows a zoomed in edge of the EGBS area on the right, with adjoining Gaia DR3 data to the left. EGBS gives HST WFC3 level detail, but over an area 2000 larger! @eucliduk.bsky.social 🧪🔭

ESA en español @es.esa.int · 2mo ago

#PorSiTeLoPerdiste - En nuestra última imagen de Mars Express se esconden más de 30 dust devils (remolinos de polvo). ¿Cuántos puedes encontrar? 🧐 Descubre la respuesta y aprende más sobre estos torbellinos con forma de tornado aquí 👇 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Dozens of dust devils hidden in plain sight

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured part of Mars’s Mamers Valles: a fascinating valley system speckled with brief, tornado-like whirlwinds known as dust devils.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 2mo ago

🗞️The latest edition of the ESA Science Newsletter is out! Learn about: 🔴 Our Directorate of Science Virtual Town Hall 🔴 Arrakihs' adoption & extension of 13 space science missions 🔴 A Venus GIS database & more Access the edition & subscribe 👉 https://cosmos.esa.int/web/scinews 🔭 ☄️

Euclid Consortium @ec-euclid.bsky.social · 2mo ago

While writing about data releases: #ESAEuclid's major Data Release 1 will start with 1900 deg² of calibrated images, spectra, and catalogues in November 2026 ("DR1-Foundation"), adding higher-level #cosmology data products in mid-2027. www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/d... #ESA #Euclid #astronomy

DR1 Timeline - Euclid - Cosmos

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Valeria Pettorino @vpettorino.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Euclid Quick Data Release 2 is approaching

Countdown to the new Euclid image release (24 June at 12:00 CEST)

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ESA en español @es.esa.int · 2mo ago

Únete a la directora de Ciencia de la ESA, Prof. @cmundell.esa.int el 24 de junio a las 14:00 CEST para conocer las últimas novedades del Programa Científico, sus prioridades futuras, las oportunidades de participación para la comunidad y participar en una sesión de preguntas y respuestas en directo

ESA Space Science@science.esa.int · 2mo ago

Registrations open for the third Science Directorate Town Hall Join ESA Director of Science, Prof. @cmundell.esa.int on 24 June from 14:00 CEST for updates on the Science Programme, future priorities, opportunities for community engagement and a live Q&A. 🧪 ☄️ 1/2

Promotional image reading Director of Science Town Hall, 24 June 14:00–16:00 CEST. In the background, a blue-white, circular spiral galaxy is shown on a colourful starry background.

Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our ESA Director of Science @cmundell.esa.int & Head of Science Engagement @gaitee.bsky.social will be hosting a @science.esa.int Town Hall on June 24th @ 14:00 CEST. All members of the scientific community are invited to attend, details here! 🔭🚀 www.cosmos.esa.int/web/dsci_tow...

Home - DSCI TownHall Meeting - Cosmos

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SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate....

Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites

An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 2mo ago

The virtual event is open to all members of the scientific community. For more details check out this link 👉 https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/dsci_townhall 🧪 ☄️ 2/2

Home - DSCI TownHall Meeting - Cosmos

The Director of Science at the European Space Agency, Professor Carole Mundell, is delighted to invite you to join her for the third Science Directorate Town Hall meeting.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 2mo ago

They were recognised for their work uncovering fossil evidence proving that the Milky Way galaxy grew by engulfing smaller neighbouring galaxies. Data from ESA's Gaia mission played a crucial role. Here's what else Gaia uncovered about our Milky Way 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 2/2

Gaia’s decade of discoveries: unravelling the intricacies of our galaxy

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