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New planet discovered by SPS Scientists in international team
SPS astronomers Professor Carole Haswell, Postdoctoral Researcher Dr John Barnes and former SPS PhD student Dr Daniel Staab are among an...
OU researchers land European Space Agency grant
Manish Patel (STEM) and Leslie Budd (FBL) have been awarded a grant of €350,000 by the European Space Agency (ESA) - in the face of fierce...
Moon Night
The School of Physical Sciences, Dr Mahesh Anand, led another successful Moon Night on Friday 7th December, very ably assisted by thirty volunteers...
OU scientist & NASA discover the surface of asteroid Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission arrived at the 500-metre-sized asteroid (101955) Bennu in December 2018. It's aim is to collect a sample from the surface...
SPS researchers take the Moon to Edinburgh Science Festival
Photo from L-R: Craig Walton (a PhD student at Cambridge and former intern and collaborator with Dr Mahesh Anand of SPS), Dr James Mortimer, Tara...
PhD student awarded prestigious women in aerospace fellowship
Hannah Sargeant (Photo credit: Stacy Phillips, PhD student) Congratulations to one of our PhD student Hannah Sargeant, who has been awarded the...
SPS members showcase their lunar research at the 6th European Lunar Symposium, Toulouse, France
12 members of SPS attended the 6th European Lunar Symposium in Toulouse from 13-16 May (https://els2018.arc.nasa.gov/). This annual international...
Asteroids and bringing space rocks back to Earth
Professor of Planetary and Space Science, Simon Green, is interviewed by the Space Boffins about asteroids, space rocks, and the next...
OU research to support small businesses in boosting the UK space industry
The Open University (OU) is part of a consortium of UK universities and organisations to be awarded almost £5 million to support small businesses...
UK Space Agency grant awarded to SPS researcher to study ExoMars landing site
Dr Matt Balme has been awarded ~ £370K by the UK Space Agency for a project to observe and model the formation of wind-related landforms at...
ESA TV for Asteroid Day
https://youtu.be/3YiHRU1keSw You can catch-up here with the European Space Agency (ESA) show that was specially recorded as part of...