Jenny Winder
Gaia Mission Passes Vital Tests
Caption: Fully integrated Gaia payload module with nearly all of the multilayer insulation fabric installed. Credit: Astrium SAS Earlier this…
A Jodrell Odyssey – Part 2 – The Observatory
Caption: The original Jodrell Bank Control Desk with view of the Lovell telescope. Credit: Anthony Holloway. Last week we took…
A Jodrell Odyssey – Part 1 – The Discovery Centre
Caption: The Lovell Telescope from The Discovery Centre Cafe. Credit: Howard Barlow for the University of Manchester Ever get the…
Desert RATS Begin Simulated Asteroid Mission Today
Caption: Artist's Concept, Space Exploration Vehicle Use Comparison. Credit: NASA Conspiracy theories abound that the Apollo landings all took place…
Scientists Find Clues of Plate Tectonics on Mars
Caption: Valles Marineris NASA World Wind Map Mars Credit: NASA Until now, Earth was thought to be the only planet…
Sir Bernard Lovell, 1913 to 2012
Caption: Sir Bernard Lovell. Credit: Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester Sir Bernard Lovell OBE FRS, Emeritus Professor of Radio Astronomy,…
CINEMA and the Cube-Shaped Future of Space Science
Caption: Jerry Kim, a former student and systems engineer, holds the CINEMA nanosatellite before it was packaged up and sent…
Beneath the Mask, Titan looks Surprisingly Smooth and Youthful
Caption: Images from the Cassini mission show methane river networks draining into lakes in Titan's north polar region. Credit: NASA/JPL/USG…
A Space-Time Crystal to Outlive the Universe
Caption: Selfmade Alum Crystal. Weight 5.01g Source: JanDerChemiker via wikimedia commons The second law of thermodynamics states that all isolated…
Space Junk: Ideas for Cleaning up Earth Orbit
Caption: Artist's impression of debris in low earth orbit Credit: ESA Space may be big -- vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big…