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Mini lab designed by OU scientists secures NASA ride to the Moon
A miniaturised laboratory created at The Open University (OU) will fly to the lunar South Polar region in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Prospect package in search of volatiles, including water ice, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. NASA has selected the commercial vendor for this flight opportunity in the 2027-2028 timeframe […]
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Unravelling the Mysteries of a Gassy Space Rock: Phaethon’s Dual Nature
Phaethon is a celestial body that defies definition. It isn’t quite an asteroid but isn’t exactly a comet either. It has properties of both bodies, being rocky in composition – a trait of asteroids but behaving like comet because of gas emission and dust release as it nears the Sun. This curious mix of characteristics—part […]
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The JUICE spacecraft buzzes the Earth-Moon tower in world’s first dual flyby on its way to Jupiter
Space researchers from the Open University Atmospheric Research and Surface Exploration group, led by Prof. Manish Patel, and the Centre for Electronic Imaging, watched in trepidation as the Jupiter and Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft flew back past the Moon and the Earth on its long voyage to Jupiter. In a world-first space manoeuvre, JUICE […]
The Open University picks up two prestigious teaching awards
The Open University is celebrating after discovering it has won two prestigious teaching awards run by Advance HE – one being an individual award and the other a team success. Advance HE is a member-led charity that works in collaboration with partners across the globe to improve higher education for staff, students and society. It has […]
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Euclid Galaxy Zoo – help us classify the shapes of galaxies
Thanks to a new Galaxy Zoo project launched today, the public can help identify the shapes of thousands of galaxies in images taken by ESA’s Euclid space telescope. These classifications will help scientists answer questions about how the shapes of galaxies have changed over time, and what caused these changes and why. In its mission […]
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Dark matter space telescope project kicks off with powerful new computing
OU researchers will bring expertise in machine learning and citizen science to the European Space Agency Euclid space telescope designed to help us to better understand dark matter. According to Professor Stephen Serjeant, Professor of Astronomy at the OU and part of the space telescope project which launched in February 2024, the team can now […]
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New study reveals lost world of diversity for rare and ancient marine animals
A type of ancient and rare shelly marine animal, named brachiopods, had a dynamic and inventive past, but this did not turn into evolutionary success in terms of the numbers of species, researchers at The Open University (OU), University of Bristol, and the China University of Geosciences have found. The findings, published today in Nature […]
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OU academic ‘Pedals for Paris’ and highlights effects of extreme heat on sport
An OU expert in climate change, Dr Leslie Mabon, recently took part in the Lewes Football Club leg of Pedal for Paris, providing advice into the effects hotter weather has on sport. On Sunday 21 July, Dr Leslie Mabon, Lecturer in Environmental Systems in at the OU, joined Sport England Chair, Chris Boardman, who is […]
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Astronomers make new discovery about the grain structure of interstellar ice
Astronomers, including Open University (OU) academics Helen Fraser and Hugh Dickinson and OU PhD student Zak Smith, have discovered the spectral signature of water ice that reveals new information about how ice forms and evolves during the birth of stars and planets. Their findings have been published today in the journal Nature Astronomy. A spectral […]
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OU becomes first UK uni to be granted Observer status at the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association
The Open University (OU) has become the first university in the UK to be granted prestigious ‘Observer’ status by the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association, cementing a partnership begun in 2019 in the ESCAPE and Cos4Cloud EOSC projects. The EOSC works to advance Open Science by creating new knowledge, inspiring education, spurring innovation and […]
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