March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
...orbit by 2019, using a platform designed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and a payload built by a consortium of UK institutes led by UCL [8]. The satellite structure is based on the SSTL-300 design, which has been adapted to house a slightly wider...
01 March 2017
Researchers find first evidence for rocky planet formation around double stars
... study led by a team from University College London (UCL), researchers found the remains of shattered asteroids orbiting two ...double star systems,” said lead author, Dr Jay Farihi from UCL whose research is published in Nature Astronomy. "We know of ...
July 2020
Inspiring the next generation into STEM
...’t the main problem. School students like science but very few aspire to be scientists or engineers Based at the UCL Institute of Education, the Science Capital research team, led by Professor Louise Archer, covers a range of projects investigating...
16 August 2016
Have researchers uncovered a fifth fundamental force?
...this work and of previous studies in this area, the UCl group showed that the evidence fitted neither the existence of ...co-author Timothy Tait, professor of physics & astronomy also at UCl. As with most scientific breakthroughs, this one will open ...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
...charities. I paved my own path towards astrobiology research. First I studied planetary science at University College London (UCL) where I learnt about the importance of geology in influencing the possibility of life forming on celestial bodies: from...
10 October 2016
Risk of chronic dementia for astronauts heading to Mars
...Mars say scientists. Studies by scientists at University of California (UCl) probing a phenomenon called "space brain,” have found that ...New York, before being sent off to Limoli’s lab at UCl. Imaging of the test subjects, after a six month period,...
