October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
..., assets on Earth and in orbit (like the James Webb Space Telescope) will continue to observe Saturn to build on Cassini’s legacy...team. Dr Fletcher gained a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge, a planetary science PhD from Oxford; and has worked...
February 2023
The scientific basis for lunar helium-3 production
...behaviour in the creation of life support systems for space flights, permanent settlements on the planets and methods for... of Sciences. He is an Academician A Skochinsky award holder, recipient of the Russian Government Prize in Science and ...
04 July 2016
ROOM attends the UK National Astronomy Meeting
... the UKSA it was not all doom and gloom. Dr Katherine Wright, Head of Space Science lightened moods by stating that their membership of the European Space Agency (ESA), was not dependant on the UK’s membership of the EU, therefore projects currently...
10 August 2016
Dellingr CubeSat Begins Environmental Testing
...and magnetic fields that it will encounter during launch and in space. The Dellingr CubeSat will study the ionosphere - the outer region... space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science ...
09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
... team led by Zhonghua Yao, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing say they have the answer. According to Yao and...sees a burst of X-rays,” says William Dunn, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, who co-led the research. Now...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
... out to its intended destination. Arrival in the Jovian system is expected in July 2031. JUICE is the last ESA space science mission to launch on an Ariane 5, the culmination of a legacy dating back to 1999 with the launch of XMM-Newton, which...
