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16 May 2013

The Sun unleashes four large 'X-class' solar flares
The Sun is approaching its peak of activity this year and is now littered with sunspot groups, which are the regions where the solar magnetic field emerges into its atmosphere providing the energy for that activity......
07 May 2013

Herschel finds hot gas on the menu for Milky Way's black hole
Astronomers using Europe's Herschel Space Observatory have spotted a cloud of incredibly hot gas very close to the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy....
23 April 2013

Herschel - the mission that refused to die!
The Herschel Space Observatory launched in 2009 had a projected lifetime of around 3.5 years, after which its supply of on-board liquid Helium would expire. The mission was predicted to end over a month ago but is still going strong with little evidence that the Helium is.....
15 March 2013

Science Minister launches first ever Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering
The Science Minister David Willetts launched the first ever Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory today. The apprenticeship has been developed by Loughborough College in association with the National Space Academy....
13 March 2013

UK celebrates completion of the most complex ground-based telescope ALMA
Scientists across the UK are today proudly celebrating the monumental achievement of the completion of ALMA - the most complex ground-based telescope in existence. The telescope is being officially opened during an inauguration ceremony in Chile....