February 2016
How to Build Planets
...the formation of discs that can rival the size of the Solar System The origins of a protoplanetary disc start in the relatively small ... of discs that can rival the size of the Solar System and above, suggesting that such discs are initially quite...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... on the type of host star; thermal emission dominates at longer wavelengths. From studying planets within our own Solar System, we have found that we need observations in multiple spectral bands with different intensities for a robust analysis of any...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... prospect as to whether we’ll see further evidence of such polygonal waves and polar cyclones on the other giants of our solar system. Planet-encircling storms Many of the north-south contrasts that we saw at the start of Cassini’s mission have...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... tell researchers everything they would like to know about what will become the only body in the Solar System to have had its orbit changed by humankind in a measurable way. Hera’s single most important contribution is expected to be an estimate...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... of the universe by installing long wave radio receiving stations in some of the best radio reception areas in the solar system. Now radio astronomy is making a comeback, it is time to make a start on safeguarding these scientifically critical areas...
22 June 2015
First “movie” of dancing Pluto
...reminder of how little we still know about our own solar system – by revealing the strange “dance” that Pluto, the ... of dwarf planet in 2006, after further research of the solar system revealed that there are several large, icy bodies in its outer...
