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Planetary scientist @esa.int, working on data archiving.
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.. and you can find all those data (and more) in the @esa.int Planetary Science Archive at psa.esa.int/psa/#/pages/...
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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#OTD 14 January 2005, @esa.int's #Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon #Titan; humankind's only landing (to date) in the outer Solar System, the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made, and also the first landing on a moon other than our own 🧪🔭

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Artist interpretation of the area surrounding the Huygens landing site based on images and data returned on 14 January 2005 (pic: ESA)
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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☄️ Our #ESAJuice team couldn't wait until February, when they will receive data on #3IATLAS from the mission's science instruments.

So they downloaded just a quarter of an image from its navigation camera to get a surprise sneak preview.

More info and annotations 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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Grainy space image, with white dots on a dark background. At the centre of the image is a larger, bright white blob with a faint white line stretching towards the top of the frame. Grainy space image, with white dots on a dark background. At the centre of the image is a larger, bright white blob with a faint white line stretching towards the top of the frame. Key elements of the image are labelled: coma, plasma tail, potential dust tail. An inset shows the location of the Sun, Juice and comet 3I/ATLAS during the observation.
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM