Two international group of researchers, one including Dr Mariangela Bonavita of the OU, have used the SPHERE planet-finder at the Very Large Telescope in Chile to capture images…
An international team of astronomers, including Open University (OU) researchers, has discovered a ring around the distant dwarf planet Quaoar – a ring that should not…
The discovery of diverse ices in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud ever measured has been announced by an international team of astronomers -…
Lois Damptey, a PhD student in the School of Engineering and Innovation at the Open University (OU) has won a ‘Youth Excellence award in Science and…
Juan Alday, a scientist in the ExoMars research group at The Open University (OU), has been awarded a research fellowship by the Japan Society for the…
Twenty thousand high quality images have been released to the public on the most popular citizen science project: Galaxy Zoo. Anyone in the world can help…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but perhaps not the most environmentally conscious time of the year. While it may sound Scrooge-like, Christmas can…
A new international study shows how Earth got its water These days, asteroids get a very bad press. As depicted in blockbuster movies, such as Don’t…
Stephen Peake is a Professor of Climate Change and Energy. Here he talks about the world’s addiction to energy, our wasteful use of it and how…
Nasa’s JWST just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies secured by research from experts including Dr Joanna Barstow and…
