Juan Alday, a scientist in the Atmospheric Research and Surface Exploration research group at The Open University (OU), has been appointed by the European Space Agency…
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David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University, writes for The Conversation about a potentially habitable moon of Saturn. There are just three moons…
As the world remembers the day 50 years ago that astronauts stepped on the Moon for the first time, the OU’s Dr Mahesh Anand, considers the…
Scientists from The Open University (OU) are supporting one of a series of ground-breaking missions by NASA to go back to the Moon. The announcement comes…
The Apollo 11 mission – when humans first set foot on the Moon – stunned the world to become an unforgettable global phenomenon. 8 Days: To…
A team of UK scientists, led by The Open University, are revealing research which brings the possibility of living on the Moon much closer. The Living…
Last week a Chinese space mission made history when it landed on the far side of the moon and sent back images of this mysterious lunar…
Professor David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University discusses China’s recent successful mission to land its robotic spacecraft on the far side of the…
You might think that comparing rocks from the Earth and the Moon would be like comparing chalk and cheese, but new research led by academics at…
The dream of a human habitat in orbit about the moon came a step closer on September 27, when NASA and the Russian space agency (Roscosmos)…