February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
... of all of humanity over thousands of years. The global space industry must recognise its place as a gatekeeper of the cosmos At present the development of space culture is largely in the hands of the space community. The cultural directives that...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
... date to 2021. James Webb will peer into the cosmos using the most advanced imaging hardware available. The telescope’s... the James Webb Space Telescope, which will peer into the cosmos using the most advanced imaging hardware available. In many ways, ...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
In our search of the cosmos for planets that might support intelligent life we have now begun to realise that the existence of what ...
May 2018
PLATO the habitable zone explorer
... planets in the habitable zone of stars like the Sun. The existence of other worlds out there in the cosmos has long been a staple of science fiction. It should come as no surprise then that these extra-solar planets...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... established in 2007 as a non-profit organisation to help realise the goals of the ILO - to advance human knowledge of the cosmos through observation from our Moon, and to participate in constructing a lunar base at the Moon’s south pole. The...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... boundaries between worlds seen and unseen. It is designed to direct our attention from Earth outward, into the cosmos and beyond and reflect back to Earth as an endless dialogue that speaks to our context within the universe...
