Surprising meteorite impact rate on Mars can act as ‘cosmic clock’
Seismic signals have suggested Mars gets hit by around 300 basketball size meteorites every year, providing a new tool for dating planetary surfaces.
Water persisted in Mars’ Gale crater for longer than previously thought
Imperial College London and NASA researchers have found signs that water was plentiful in Mars’ Gale crater for longer than previously thought.
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Imperial-built instrument jets off to NASA ahead of major solar wind mission
An instrument built by Imperial physicists is on its way to be fitted onto NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft.
Dr Doyeon Kim receives Charles F. Richter Early Career Award
Congratulations to Dr Doyeon Kim (DK), who has been awarded the Seismological Society of America’s (SSA) 2024 Charles F. Richter Early Career Award.
Monitoring space weather using satellite mega-constellations to be explored
Dr Martin Archer has won a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to work with Eutelsat OneWeb on a project using their satellites to monitor space weather.
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Q&A with Dr Nicky Fox: NASA’s Head of Science and Imperial alum
We find out what NASA’s Head of Science learnt from her time at Imperial and what advice she would give to new students.
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Podcast: NASA science alum, vaccines for TB, and the generational wealth gap
In this edition: We meet an Imperial alum who is now Head of Science at NASA, discuss the generational wealth gap and find out how to tackle TB.
Massive low earth orbit communications satellites could disrupt astronomy
Observations of the BlueWalker 3 prototype satellite show it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshining all but the brightest stars.
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Podcast: Childhood illness, planetary protection, and sustainable finance
In this edition: A better test for diagnosing childhood illness, improving planetary protection and financing sustainability.
Imperial researcher awarded £1m for magma-mapping project
Project EARTH will map magma and assess the risk of solar storms on energy supply.
