Pages tagged with: space
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University researcher helps to recover first meteorite found in UK for 30 years
Dr Natasha Stephen, Lecturer in Advanced Analysis (Earth & Planetary Sciences) at the University of Plymouth, was part of a collaborative effort to locate and analyse fragments of the meteorite that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe
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Coping with isolation
As the Covid-19 lockdown continues, PhD candidate and adventurer Benjamin Pothier offers his tips for enduring periods of isolation
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One Giant Read giving audiences an out of this world literary experience
Plymouth University news: Science fact and science fiction collides with an initiative themed around the Principia Mission to the International Space Station
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PhD candidate takes part in international mission exploring the science of space exploration
Benjamin Pothier, a PhD candidate at the University of Plymouth’s Planetary Collegium, is taking part in a mission to perform scientific experiments and test technological instruments needed for the future exploration of the Moon or Mars
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Scientists receive $1.3 million to study new propulsion idea for spacecraft
Dr Mike McCulloch, from the University of Plymouth, has received $1.3million from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a four-year study into his idea of quantised inertia (QI)
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Scientists reveal the secrets behind Pluto’s dunes
Scientists at the University of Plymouth, University of Cologne and Brigham Young University.have discovered dunes on Pluto, and say they are likely to have been formed of methane ice grains released into its rarefied atmosphere
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Student engineers’ space station wows judges to win international design competition
Ajen Limbu, Elliot Tam and Jack Orme, final year Civil Engineering course at the University of Plymouth, have won the undergraduate section of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ Young Structural Engineers International Design Competition
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City bids for a slice of space history
The University of Plymouth is part of a consortium working with Plymouth City Council and STEM Plymouth hoping to win the rights to display astronaut Tim Peake's Soyuz descent module
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Water discovery could change the nature of future Mars exploration
Plymouth University news: The claim by NASA scientists that flowing water has been discovered on Mars could undoubtedly enhance our knowledge about the fate of the red planet, a scientist from Plymouth University has said
