26 May 2021
Underwater volcanoes could be active on Europa
...on the list of objects to study for signs of life beyond Earth, even more so now, as new research shows that...magma. This discovery fundamentally changed our understanding of how life could develop on Earth. To understand if a scenario such as that ...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
... have brought other material. Of special interest here are organics that could have sparked the emergence of life on Earth. We are therefore looking for heavy organic molecules up to amino acids. COSAC on Philae should have been able...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... about tackling issues and unveiling patterns in outer space – but today it’s very much becoming a tool to improve life here on Earth. For example, earlier this year the UK Space Agency granted Adaptix £1 million in funding to develop a pioneering...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
... indicates, according to the key innovations that occurred for life on Earth which we expect to be generic. Our candidate list is the origin of life, photosynthesis, multicellularity, and technological civilization. The ExoLife Finder (ELF) telescope...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
..., as some would suggest, to pretend that images of Earth brought to us by American astronauts journeying to the Moon gave...telecom satellites, all of which have revolutionised daily life on Earth. With programmes like Copernicus and Galileo, Europe ...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
...space exploration at a potential cost to the environment here on Earth, as well as the use of public money to build ...aware of how incredible space technology is and how it benefits life on Earth, not least in monitoring climate change. We travel to ...
