Zoe Zontou

I grew up always wishing I could have seen & experienced the Apollo era & now..we are living & witnessing the Artemis era. What a beautiful launch. Godspeed, Artemis II! 🥹

🔭 Until now, observing the inner regions of the Sun’s enigmatic atmosphere – the corona – was close to impossible. 🛰️🛰️☀️ The satellite duo making up our Proba-3 mission fills this observation gap by creating artificial solar eclipses in orbit. 🔗esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

Breaking space news: We have made our own solar eclipse in space! 🌘 Today, we release the first images from our Proba-3 mission, which flies two spacecraft in precise formation to create artificial solar eclipses in orbit. Using a powerful instrument called a coronagraph, Proba-3 lets us observe the Sun’s corona, its ultra-hot outer atmosphere, helping us to understand space weather in ways we can’t from Earth. Learn more ➡️ esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

And there’s glass block that makes the world looks like an acrylic painting.

Happy planetary parade night! I can only see Mars & Jupiter (& the lovely Pleiades) currently; but what a spectacular sight they always are nonetheless! 🪐

Amidst all of the chaos in the world, I want to highlight that @NASAVoyager 1 took this incredible photo 35 years ago today. “..it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, & to preserve & cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” 🌎

Our dark Universe detective 🕵️ @ESA_Euclid has discovered a stunning Einstein ring 💍 It surrounds galaxy NGC 6505, which is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a distant galaxy behind it 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…

The oldest observable light in the universe is the cosmic microwave background. This baby picture of the universe shows light that was emitted just a few hundred thousand years after the big bang. #MondayMotivation

Ad astra per aspera. #apollo1

There’s a lot going on here! ✨ In the Large Magellanic Cloud, a bright, double star cluster resides. Officially known as NGC 1850, this dazzling cluster contains a companion star and a black hole with a mass of 11 Suns.

A Sunday nap isn't unproductive, it's good preparation for the week ahead.

95% of the Universe is a mystery...but millions of exploding stars might hold some clues💥 Rubin's 10-year survey will reveal millions of supernovae that scientists can use to study how dark energy has influenced the Universe's evolution and history. 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-det…

We have started to post the first few of many “Year 6” final results from the Dark Energy Survey! The papers will be listed here: darkenergysurvey.org/des-y6-cosmolo… . Many more to come in 2025!

My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!! @NASAVoyager

My gingerbreads from the last four years. Any recommendations for this year's?

It’s snowing here in Bristol! Yay! ❄️

Spacecraft currently on their way to destinations around the Solar System: Hayabusa2 (asteroid 1998 KY26) BepiColombo (Mercury) OSIRIS-REx (Apophis) Lucy (Jupiter asteroids) Psyche (16 Psyche) JUICE (Jupiter) Hera (Dimorphos-Didymos) Europa Clipper (Jupiter)