This undated picture released by Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University shows part of the juvenile jawbone of the ancient human relative Australopithecus deyiremeda discovered in Afar Region, in Ethiopia, on the ground before being collected. Newly discovered fossils, including a jawbone with 12 teeth, prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia in 2009 belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie MELILLO / Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L)ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and Italian Minister of Entreprises and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, President of the Canadian Space Agency Lisa Campbell and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (C) gives a press statement flanked with astronauts (From L) Alexander Gerst, Amelie Schoenenwald, Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (C) gives a press statement flanked with astronauts (From L) Alexander Gerst, Amelie Schoenenwald, Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) Greek Minister of Digital Governance Dimitrios Papastergiou, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy of Cyprus, Georgios Komodromos and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Fernando Alexandre, Portuguese Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, poses for a photo prior to the start of the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)