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SPS PhD student Heidi Thiemann scoops poster prize at National Astronomy Meeting 2019
Congratulations to second year PhD student Heidi Thiemann who was awarded second prize in the Oxford University Press Poster Competition...
Solar eclipse in Chile
Some of our staff and students happened to be in Chile at the same time as the solar eclipse in July, Research Fellow Jesper Skottfelt snapped...
School Physicist of the Year
On July 2nd 2019 Physical Sciences at The Open University hosted the 'Schools’ Physicist of the Year' event. It was a highly successful and...
OU Planetary Robotics Student Team compete in largest collegiate rocket competition in the USA
The OU Planetary Robotics Student Team recently competed in the largest and most prestigious collegiate rocket competition at Spaceport America in...
Mahesh Anand celebrating the Moon landing anniversary on the USS Hornet
Mahesh Anand, Reader in Planetary Science and Exploration within the School of Physical Sciences, visited the USS Hornet on 24th July 2019 on...
Dr Diane Turner has been elected to be a future President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Division
With a landslide victory of 43% of the votes, one of our recent PhD student graduates, and long-term strategic partner, Dr Diane Turner has been...
Astrobiology Research Group awarded £6.7 million from Research England
Congratulations to the Astrobiology Research Group that spans both SPS and EEES who have been awarded £6.7 million from Research England’s...
New OU/BBC programme ‘8 Days: To the Moon and Back’
We have a new OU/BBC programme ‘8 Days: To the Moon and Back’ airing on Wednesday 10th July on BBC Two at 9pm. Our own Mahesh Anand was the...
Spectacular new five-part series: The Planets on BBC2
In this major new landmark series, Professor Brian Cox tells the extraordinary story of our Solar System. For four and a half billion years...
SPS academics give OpenTalks STEM lectures
Professors Andrew Norton and Simon Green welcomed the public to the University in April to speak about their research with Prof...
School Physicist of the Year Awards
The School of Physical Sciences and The Ogden Trust hosted the annual School Physicist of the Year (SPOTY) awards evening on 27...
A journey to Mercury: TEDxLondon talk by Professor David Rothery
Professor David Rothery spoke at TEDxLondon in July about the upcoming BepiColombo mission, Europe’s first to Mercury. Setting off in October,...