Winner of the 11 February Quizizz
We already have the result of the quizizz celebrated for the International Day of Girls and Women in Science. Thanks a lot for your participation in this initiative. We are so glad for the amazing response, we have reached, 61 participants played with us! After reviewing the points obtained the…
Ground Testing: Defining ARRAKIHS before going to space
Location of the New camera at the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (Teruel) / OAJ. ARRAKIHS is taking a crucial step forward with the installation of a ground-based demonstrator camera at the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (OAJ) in Teruel, Spain, set to take place in the coming weeks. This new instrument will allow…
11 February Quizizz
Over the past decades, the global community has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science. In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women…
Euclid-ARRAKIHS ISSI project
Euclid and ARRAKIHS join forces to explore the extremely low surface brightness Universe https://youtu.be/YG3_hYgS3xY A series of three ISSI (International Space Science Institute) meetings between experts from ESA’s Euclid and ARRAKIHS space missions aims to address shared technical challenges, develop advanced image processing techniques, and evaluate the synergy between the…
3rd ARRAKIHS Consortium Meeting, in Grindelwald, Switzerland
From September 9th to 12th, the ARRAKIHS team convened in the stunning alpine setting of Grindelwald, Switzerland, for our 3rd Consortium Meeting. The event brought together members from across the collaboration to share updates, plan for upcoming milestones, and strengthen connections as we advance this groundbreaking mission. The meeting opened…
ARRAKIHS surpasses the Payload Phase A in record time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOhkInglc20 The mission has successfully completed one of the critical phases and begins to work on central instrument to study dark matter. The European Space Agency (ESA) space mission ARRAKIHS (Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys) reached an important milestone in March:…
2nd Consortium Meeting in Lund, Sweden
We are thrilled to share the highlights of the recent consortium meeting of the ARRAKIHS mission, which took place in the picturesque city of Lund, Sweden, from January 17th to 19th. This gathering marked our second consortium meeting, bringing together all ARRAKIHS members to exchange insights and advancements in our…
First consortium meeting in Barcelona
The team of the ESA ‘ARRAKIHS’ mission meets at the Institute of Space Sciences July 31, 2023 The research team that will lead ARRAKIHS, the first mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), has gathered at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) in Barcelona for three days, during which more…
A team from the ARRAKIHS space mission visits IFCA
The meeting is a first contact between the members of the ARRAKIHS space mission, which will search for dark matter in the universe 2 February 2023 Representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Basque company Satlantis visited the Institute of Physics of…
ARRAKIHS selected as F-class ESA mission
The ARRAKIHS mission will study dark matter in the universe, which is five times more abundant than ordinary matter according to cosmological observables. 2 November 2022 The Science Programme Committee of the European Space Agency (ESA) has today officially approved the selection of the ARRAKIHS mission, the first ESA Science Programme mission to…