@leighfletcher.bsky.socialBoth of these Jupiter-bound spacecraft are heading back to Earth to gain speed for the slingshot to Jupiter. #ESAJuice flys past on September 28th, #EuropaClipper on December 3rd, giving them both the opportunity to test instruments and hopefully do some new science. #EPSC2026
@leighfletcher.bsky.socialIncredibly, despite their different paths and development times, #ESAJuice and #EuropaClipper will both fly by Europa within 4 hours of each other in 2032… a first for studying the potential ocean world, with synergistic opportunities being developed by an international team. #EPSC2026
@leighfletcher.bsky.socialAs someone involved in EJSM nearly 20yrs ago, sitting in #EPSC2026 talks and learning how #ESAJuice and #EuropaClipper are now doing science during cruise is pretty mind-bending: tracking solar ejections, radar scans of Mars, detecting Earth’s lightning from above, and even an interstellar object.
@coop.planetary-research.orgIf you are at #EPSC2026, Planetary Research will give a brief overview of the journal tomorrow (thursday) at 12:30 in room Ganymede (first floor). Everyone is welcome to attend!
@chrislintott.bsky.socialVery cool video made from BepiColombo’s engineering cameras while on the way to Mercury just released by @esa.int #EPSC2026 youtu.be/WJqWGdWERqk?... 🔭 📡
@chrislintott.bsky.socialMade to the #EPSC2026 press briefing on @esa and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission, arriving at Mercury soon. Note plushie versions of spacecraft on table!
@chrislintott.bsky.socialMaking a flying visit to #EPSC2026, Europe’s big planetary science meeting. Kicked off with excellent session on observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, mostly from @esa’s JUICE. Very cool to use a probe en route to Jupiter for science on the way.
@astro.springernature.comThis week's Europlanet #EPSC2026 is proudly sponsored by Springer – Please, visit our desk, check out our latest books & journals in planetary science, and talk to our editors!
@springer.springernature.com @europlanetmedia.bsky.social
@nickattree.eurosky.social"they were in orbit around the moon, so they're basically at earth" #ThingsActualScientistsSay #EPSC2026
@europlanetmedia.bsky.social🏆 At #EPSC2026 we have announced the winners of the Career Medals, which are designed to honour outstanding contributions from planetary scientists at three stages of their careers. The winners for 2026 are:
Francesca Miozzi
Ana-Catalina (Ina) Plesa
Agustín Sánchez-Lavega
👉 bit.ly/ep_medals
@nickattree.eurosky.socialBusy small bodies day all in room Earth at #EPSC2026 today. First interstellar objects, then I'll be chairing a session of our SB5, computational and experimental astrophysics of small bodies. Finally, science with @vrubinobs.bsky.social later this afternoon!
@solmazadeli.bsky.socialToday at #EPSC2026 12:30-13:30 we are going to have a round table about Diversity, Inclusiveness, and accessibility. Join us for an hour of fruitful discussion! There are sandwiches available!
@bojannovakovic.bsky.socialI had the pleasure of presenting our work on #asteroid #Kamoʻoalewa at #EPSC2026 on Monday.
Is Earth’s unusual quasi-satellite a fragment of the Moon, or an asteroid delivered from the main belt? Our results strongly favour the latter.
Here is the summary in one picture 👇
@cphlo.bsky.socialBig Europlanet meeting going on! My picks for small-body (asteroids etc.) content, days 3-4:
@solmazadeli.bsky.socialGo to the “Becoming the red dust installation” and fly around Mars with real sound of wind recorded by the InSight mission!
#EPSC2026
@okaragoz.bsky.socialOur work on thermally weakened lithospheric foundering on Venus is at #EPSC2026! 🪐
3-D analogue experiments exploring the transition from stagnant-lid to plutonic squishy-lid tectonics and the formation of coronae.
📍 Poster F2.56
@sokolowska.bsky.socialI'm giving a talk at the @europlanetmedia.bsky.social Science Congress 2026 on Thursday, 10 Sep, 11:48–12:00 (CEST) Room Jupiter (Jazz 1 & 2). Come and find out what "blast zone streaks" are, and how we think that they formed!
@nickattree.eurosky.socialAfter a crazy first day at #EPSC2026, day 2 slows down a bit for my schedule. Thought to take advantage of that with a bit of sightseeing, but of course the weather is looking a bit.. Dutch... ah well, I guess I will use fhe time to work on my proposal, and drop in to a few #Enceladus talks