@AdamF_Astro

ESA Research Fellow at ESTEC. Investigating the Sun's magnetic activity, solar wind connection science, and the spin-down of Sun-like stars. Prev. CEA, Exeter.

 Noordwijk, Netherlands
adamjamesfinley.github.io
Joined June 2012
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ESA Science
@esascienceOct 2
This World Smile Day 🙂, we bring you ....   ... Let's Smile, the film 🎞️   Watch the European-Chinese Smile spacecraft come together – assembled in the Netherlands, tested, then launched from French Guiana 👇  esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Video…

Let’s Smile (the full story)

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ESA's Juice mission
@ESA_JUICEOct 1
ESA - Juice’s September 2026 Earth flyby: the movie esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Video…

Juice’s September 2026 Earth flyby: the movie

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ESA Science
@esascienceSep 30
Inspector Smile is ready for science! 🫡 This is Smile’s first ultraviolet view showing an auroral substorm. With the ultraviolet camera now operational, Smile becomes the first spacecraft since 2008 to capture the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light. 1/4
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European Space Agency
@esaAug 11
Join us on Wednesday for live coverage of the total solar eclipse! Live from Javalambre, Spain, from 19:30 CEST with: 🎤 interviews 📹 explainers 🔭 telescope feeds 🚁 drone shots 🔴 live feeds from different locations Details: esa.int/Science_Exploration/… #EuropeanSolarEclipse

Total solar eclipse: how to watch live from home

A total solar eclipse is coming to Europe. The European Space Agency (ESA) will broadcast live from 19:30 CEST on 12 August, allowing you to experience this rare event from anywhere in the world....

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ESA Science
@esascienceAug 5
Missing the total solar eclipse on 12 August? We've got you covered. Join our live broadcast on ESA Web TV 📺 🎤 interviews 📹 explainers 🔭 telescope feeds 🚁 drone shots 🔴 live feeds from different locations We've put together an exciting programme for you. 1/2 #EuropeanSolarEclipse
On a dark background, the Moon nearly covers the Sun, leaving only a bright crescent visible on the left-hand side. The Sun's surface looks active, with bright yellow glowing loops sticking out from it. The Sun emits a yellow-orange glow that extends around the dark Moon, and faintly lights up the Moon's left side. Craters are faintly visible on the Moon's surface. The top right has an ESA logo, and the bottom left has text reading “solar eclipse; coming to Europe

ALT On a dark background, the Moon nearly covers the Sun, leaving only a bright crescent visible on the left-hand side. The Sun's surface looks active, with bright yellow glowing loops sticking out from it. The Sun emits a yellow-orange glow that extends around the dark Moon, and faintly lights up the Moon's left side. Craters are faintly visible on the Moon's surface. The top right has an ESA logo, and the bottom left has text reading “solar eclipse; coming to Europe

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Predictive Science Inc.@predsciJul 29
As has been our tradition for over 30 years, Predictive Science is predicting the structure of the corona for the upcoming total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026! buff.ly/e9WPME4 There are several new features in the model this year, keep reading for details!
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European Space Agency
@esaJul 29
Ahead of the total solar eclipse on 12 August, scientists are forecasting the Sun’s corona using advanced 3D simulations. This animation reveals the magnetic structures shaping the corona and helping improve space weather forecasts. 🌘☀️ 🔗esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_w… @esaoperations
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European Space Agency
@esaJul 23
🌘 A total solar eclipse is coming to Europe on 12 August 2026. Join us in León, Spain, or watch it live on ESA YouTube. #EuropeanSolarEclipse 🔗esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
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European Space Agency
@esaJan 19
3️⃣ solar prominence eruptions captured by Proba-3️⃣ This animation resulted from ASPIICS observing the Sun during an active period on 21 September 2025, with one image taken every five minutes, capturing three prominence eruptions in five hours. 🔗 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image… @esascience @esaoperations @isro @NASA
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@travis-metcalfe.bsky.social@travis_metcalfeJan 2
It took 10 years to trace Weakened Magnetic Braking back to it's root cause (the collapse of the global stellar dynamo), but next week at #AAS247 you can hear me explain how we did it in less than 10 minutes! Thursday, January 8th at 10:10am in room 222C. submissions.mirasmart.com/AA…
Title slide for a presentation at #AAS247

ALT Title slide for a presentation at #AAS247

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European Space Agency
@esa17 Dec 2025
🔭 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_Support/Spa…
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HaloCME@halocme20 Aug 2025
A gorgeous prominence eruption that took place this morning. This animation shows the benefit of EUV imagers with larger fields of view. SUVI on GOES was designed and built by the team I belong to.
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After experiencing weakened magnetic braking (WMB) during the second half of its main-sequence lifetime, beta Hyi's born-again dynamo rejuvenated its large-scale field and restored strong magnetic braking. The onset of WMB coincides with a threshold for large-scale dynamo action!
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European Space Agency
@esa4 Jun 2025
🌋 Mount Etna’s latest eruption on 2 June was caught by @CopernicusEU Sentinel-2. This image shows the lava distribution from the eruption, using an infrared overlay to highlight lava flowing.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image…

Mount Etna erupts

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe's largest active volcano.

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UK Solar Physics@UKSolarPhysics12 May 2025
UKSP News: PDRA position at University of Reading uksolphys.org/jobs/pdra-posi…

PDRA position at University of Reading

Job Advert: 3-year Post Doctoral Research Assistant in Solar Activity Reconstructions, University of Reading. Closing Date: 4 June 2025 Are you a researcher with expertise in solar and heliospheric…

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A&A journal@AandA_journal8 Apr 2025
Featured image: Hydrodynamic simulation of planetary and stellar wind (Gillet, A., et al., 2025, A&A, 696, A64) aanda.org/component/issues/?…
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Nawin Ngampoopun@nawin_nga3 Apr 2025
☀️New paper alert! ☀️ Our paper ‘Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open-Closer Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated Solar Orbiter and Hinode Observations’ has just been published in #SolarPhysics journal Read the article at: link.springer.com/article/10…

Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open–Closed Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated...

Solar Physics - ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter (SO) enables us to study the solar corona at closer distances and from different perspectives, which helps us to gain significant insights into the...

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Dr. C. Alex Young
@TheSunToday24 Mar 2025
Get ready to witness the Partial Solar Eclipse—a cosmic event where the Moon will partially cover the Sun! 🌒✨ 🌍 Best Visible: 🔭 Western Africa 🔭 Eastern Canada 🔭 Northeastern U.S. 🔭 Europe (many cities!) ⏰ Timing (UTC): 🕗 08:50:43 - First Location 🕙 10:47:27 - Maximum Eclipse 🕛 12:43:45 - Last Location Make sure to look up! 🌌🌞 Get ready to witness the Partial Solar Eclipse—a cosmic event where the Moon will partially cover the Sun! 🌒✨ 🌍 Best Visible: 🔭 Western Africa 🔭 Eastern Canada 🔭 Northeastern U.S. 🔭 Europe (many cities!) ⏰ Timing (UTC): 🕗 08:50:43 - First Location 🕙 10:47:27 - Maximum Eclipse 🕛 12:43:45 - Last Location Make sure to look up! 🌌🌞 thesuntoday.org/eclipse25032… #SolarEclipse #PartialEclipse #SpaceWeather #SunToday #EclipseWatch
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ESA Space Weather
@esaspaceweather12 Mar 2025
The Solar Weather ESC brings an update for the: 🌞🧲Solar Magnetic Activity Forecasting tool 🌞🧲 CEA/IRFU (@CEAIrfu) has enhanced the product with updated Python scripts and🆕sunspot weighting options for customizable data assimilation. 🌐swe.ssa.esa.int/web/guest/ir…
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Dr. Ryan French
@RyanJFrench21 Feb 2025
In a world full of bad news, here is some good news for your timeline today 🙌🏼
European Space Agency
@esa21 Feb 2025
The impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 has dropped from 2.8% to 0.16%. Thanks to new observations, Earth is now at the edge of our shrinking ‘uncertainty window.’ If this trend continues, the risk may soon reach 0%.
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