Let’s celebrate International Day of Women in Science 👩‍🔬 by showcasing the incredible work these 9 women are doing across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Kenza Battaglia is a thermal engineer working at the @europeanspaceagency who performs vacuum thermal testing and verification. At @esoastronomy Eleonora Sani combines her astronomical background with strategic planning to shape the operations of the next generation of astronomical observatories. Ivett

The Moon is our cosmic crash detector 💥 Every day, tiny asteroids and meteoroids hit Earth’s neighbourhood - most too small to notice. But on the airless Moon, their impacts light up as brilliant flashes. That’s where our new NELIOTA-III project comes in. Using a powerful telescope in Greece, scientists are capturing these flashes in real time - turning the Moon into a natural laboratory for planetary defence. From the first validated flash of this campaign to a special eclipse observation atte