01 August 2019
Mercury: the View after MESSENGER
MESSENGER (a somewhat contrived acronym for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) was the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury, between 2011 and 2015. As ...
October 2016
The dwarf galaxy problem
...have around 25. As part of the AGES (Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey) we have used the Arecibo telescope, in Puerto... problem to be working on at the moment, and watch this space (… no pun intended)! Olivia Keenan completed her Masters degree in ...
19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... and even in ones far from the Sun in the cold space environment," says Jean Manfroid from the University of Liège, Belgium, who ... with heavy metal atoms had only been observed in hot environments, such as in the atmospheres of ultra-hot exoplanets or...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
... excesses can be an indication of something different altogether. Artist’s impression of a ‘Hot Jupiter’ Observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope of discs lacking these two excesses indicate that the fledgling protostar is on its way to becoming...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
...-time monitoring of any vessel’s movements across the sea. The Galapagos Islands viewed by astronauts on the International Space Station. The first challenge is to interpret these movements and cross check against licence databases and vessel...
July 2014
Understanding Earth: GEO and the SDG environmental agenda
...partnership: GEO is a global partnership designed to address global environment observation and monitoring activities. The post MDG/SDG approach calls ... The Conference also recognised the importance of space-based data, in situ monitoring and reliable...
