12 October 2015
Rocking the vision of a new space revolution with Rick Tumlinson at TEDxESA
... space opportunities as well, but sees such activities as the stepping stones to human exploration and settlement of the solar system. He helped create the NewSpace movement that includes Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and investors like Paul Allen...
26 May 2017
First results from Juno mission
... is also getting an overhaul. It was already known that Jupiter had the most intense magnetic field in the solar system, prior to Juno arriving at the gas giant, now measurements taken with Juno's magnetometer investigation (MAG) instrument...
15 September 2017
A sad farewell as Cassini takes its final plunge...
...-present formidable craft that has changed our understanding of not only the second biggest planet in the Solar System, but also its perplexing and enigmatic moons; most notable Titan. Cassini’s contribution to our knowledge of the...
19 March 2018
An early start for Mars's oceans?
... of the evolving landscape. Tharsis is a 5,000-kilometre-wide eruptive complex containing some of the biggest volcanoes in the Solar system, such as Arsia mons, Pavonis Mons and Ascraeus Mons. If this sizeable plateau formed away from the...
25 April 2018
New Gaia data reveals details on over 1.6 billion stars
... gas and dust in the sky between us and the stars, and plotted the motions of objects in the Solar System such as asteroids. This added extra has allowed the orbits of thousands of rocky and icy bodies to be mapped...
19 December 2018
Saturn's iconic rings are dying fast say scientists
... of the most captivating and exquisite features of the Solar System, but unfortunately these ice-strewn bands that make this...an alarming rate. Saturn is not the only planet in our Solar System to have rings; Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune each have rings...
