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Bytes Europe<p>Egyptian Pharaohs Immersive Experience Open at South Florida PBS Studios <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1466771/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1466771/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancient</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientEgypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientEgypt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BoyntonBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoyntonBeach</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cheops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DoloresFernandezAlonso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoloresFernandezAlonso</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EgyptianPharaohs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EgyptianPharaohs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immersive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immersive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pbs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PBSStudios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBSStudios</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RamsesII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RamsesII</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthFlorida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthFlorida</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ubisoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubisoft</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WhatsHappening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsHappening</span></a></p>
MPS Göttingen<p>Scientists from <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/MPSGoettingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MPSGoettingen</span></a> are contributing to and organizing part of the program of the Annual meeting of the German Astronomical Society <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/ag2025goerlitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ag2025goerlitz</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ag2025.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/program/index.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ag2025.astronomische-gesellsch</span><span class="invisible">aft.de/program/index.php</span></a></p><p>In particular, the splinter session on "Observation and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets" is co-organised by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@DrReneHeller" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DrReneHeller</span></a></span> <a href="https://ag2025.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/view_splinter.php?session=ExoPlanets" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ag2025.astronomische-gesellsch</span><span class="invisible">aft.de/view_splinter.php?session=ExoPlanets</span></a></p><p>and the splinter session on "Protoplanetary disks and planet formation at high-angular resolution" is co-organised by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@astrojoanna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>astrojoanna</span></a></span> <a href="https://ag2025.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/view_splinter.php?session=PlanetFormation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ag2025.astronomische-gesellsch</span><span class="invisible">aft.de/view_splinter.php?session=PlanetFormation</span></a></p><p>Looking forward to the line-up of talks over the next coming days!</p><p><a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/AG2025Goerlitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AG2025Goerlitz</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/PlanetFormation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetFormation</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/ExtrasolarPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtrasolarPlanets</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/ExoPlanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExoPlanets</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/PLATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PLATO</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/PLATOMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PLATOMission</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/MPSGoettingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MPSGoettingen</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/G%C3%B6rlitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Görlitz</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/279303/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/279303/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> CHEOPS discovers exoplanet triggering explosive flares on host star <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CharacterizingExoplanetsSatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterizingExoplanetsSatellite</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cheops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/esa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>esa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanSpaceAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanSpaceAgency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/flare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Heliophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heliophysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Planet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SolarFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFlare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Star</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TESS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Dr. Victoria Grinberg<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> Science Newsletter!</p><p>* Call for Expressions of Interest to become Member of the AWG/SSEWG &amp; SSAC<br>* <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarOrbiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarOrbiter</span></a> gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles<br>* Date and content of next <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a> Data Release<br>* Vacancy: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cheops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheops</span></a> Project Scientist – advance notice<br>* Vacancy: Payload Validation Engineer<br>* Winter school: The exploration of Jupiter &amp; its moons by ESA’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Juice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Juice</span></a> mission<br>* Results of the 9th call for the Archival Research Visitor Programme</p><p>▶️ <a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/scinews/2025-05" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmos.esa.int/web/scinews/202</span><span class="invisible">5-05</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a></p>
michael<p>2-Jul-2025<br>Clingy planets can trigger own doom, suspect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cheops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheops</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TESS</span></a><br> <br>"planet with a death wish" seems to be triggering flares of radiation from the star it orbits. These tremendous explosions are blasting away the planet’s wispy atmosphere, causing it to shrink every year.<br>Though it was theorised to be possible since the 90s, the flares seen in this research are around 100 times more energetic than expected. <br><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089241" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">089241</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrobiology</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/232482/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/232482/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ‘Death Wish’ Planet Actively Triggers Destructive Flares From Its Host Star <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cheops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/esa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>esa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exoplanets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SolarFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFlares</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/32981/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/32981/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ‘Death Wish’ Planet Actively Triggers Destructive Flares From Its Host Star <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cheops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheops</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SolarFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFlares</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Universität Bern<p>For more than five years, the Bernese <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a> has been providing high-precision data on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanets</span></a>. 🛰️🌌<br>At the beginning of 2025, Christopher Broeg took over the leadership of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> mission from Willy Benz. Now the two have met for a conversation: <a href="https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/what_should_i_definitely_not_do/index_eng.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/what_</span><span class="invisible">should_i_definitely_not_do/index_eng.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/unibern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unibern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a></p>
Universität Bern<p>Seit über 5 Jahren liefert das Berner <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Teleskop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teleskop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a> hochpräzise Daten über <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Exoplaneten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exoplaneten</span></a>. 🛰️🌌<br>Anfang 2025 hat Christopher Broeg die Leitung der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Weltraummission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weltraummission</span></a> von Willy Benz übernommen. Nun haben sich die beiden zum Gespräch getroffen: <a href="https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/was_sollte_ich_auf_gar_keinen_fall_tun/index_ger.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/was_s</span><span class="invisible">ollte_ich_auf_gar_keinen_fall_tun/index_ger.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/unibern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unibern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astrophysik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysik</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Gliese 12 b, a temperate Earth-sized planet at 12 parsecs discovered with <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/TESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TESS</span></a> and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a> / Gliese 12 b - A Temperate Earth-sized <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Planet</span></a> at 12 pc Ideal for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/531/1/1276/7679807?login=false" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/mnras/article</span><span class="invisible">/531/1/1276/7679807?login=false</span></a> / <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad3642" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iopscience.iop.org/article/10.</span><span class="invisible">3847/2041-8213/ad3642</span></a> -&gt; Rare 'exo-Venus' with Earth-like temperature discovered / NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus: <a href="https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/rare-exo-venus-earth-temperature-discovered" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/</span><span class="invisible">rare-exo-venus-earth-temperature-discovered</span></a> / <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/nasas-tess-finds-intriguing-world-sized-between-earth-venus/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/universe/exop</span><span class="invisible">lanets/nasas-tess-finds-intriguing-world-sized-between-earth-venus/</span></a></p>
Bibiana Prinoth (moved!)<p>They observed WASP-12 b 45 times with <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a> and used <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TESS</span></a> and <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Spitzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spitzer</span></a> data to study the phase curve including tidal deformation. </p><p>Why is tidal deformation important? If you don’t account for the shape, you’ll overestimate the density of your planet. </p><p>The phase curves allow to calculate the Love number which should tell us about the core mass fraction. Sadly not very well constrained, so we need <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> for that instead. They’ll be doing that for WASP-103 b. </p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ExSSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExSSV</span></a></p>
Bibiana Prinoth (moved!)<p>Next up, we have Monika Lendl about 3,5 years of observing daysides with <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a>.</p><p>Little CHEOPS is optimised to do photometry - bright stars in a single bandpass. </p><p>They observed the two benchmarks HD 209 and HD 189 where the thermal emission is negligible in the CHEOPS band to look at reflective dayside clouds. Nope, no reflective clouds! Sorry! <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ExSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExSS</span></a></p>
Bibiana Prinoth (moved!)<p>We continue with David Ehrenreich on the v² Lupi system: a tale of three sub-Neptunian worlds in the evaporation valley. </p><p>Close-in sub-Neptune planets experience mass loss, also young ones and it could be the reason for the observed radius value. So there is a high interest in studying cooler longer period sub-Neptunes.</p><p>This leads to the synergy of CHEOPS and TESS 🙌🏻 <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TESS</span></a> finds, <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CHEOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHEOPS</span></a> follows up. <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ExSSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExSSV</span></a></p>