The home of science operations
3,212 views · Published 3 April 2017 · 2:51 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: European Space Agency, ESA · 2017 · Science & Technology
Telescopes in space are humankind’s eyes in the heavens: from their superior observing positions high above Earth’s atmosphere, they provide us with astounding views of the Universe at many different wavelengths. ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) is where the instruments providing these views are operated and where the data produced becomes available for scientific study. Signals from black holes, from distant galaxies, from neighbouring planets and even from planets far beyond the Solar System are beamed back to Earth. ESAC has been chosen as the site for the Science Operations Centres (SOCs) of ESA Science missions for both astronomy and the Solar System. This means ESAC is rapidly evolving into a scientific hot-spot, a meeting point for top-level international space scientists working in different, but closely-related areas. More about ESAC: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESAC Copyright: ESA - European Space Agency, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/
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