News from the Astrobiology Research Group at the Open University
Geraint (Taff) Morgan and Simon Sheridan
have been discussing the scientific and
resource requirements with ESA.
We have a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Planetary Geochemistry) position available for applications:
The Role
An exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Fellow is now **closed to applications**.
The University’s annual Research Excellence Awards recognise outstanding research and celebrate achievement within the OU research environment. In its third year, there were 138 submissions across the 12 categories.
Thomas Cheney and others will be attending the Secure World Foundation’s Summit for Space Sustainability being hosted at the Science Museum in London 22-3 June. This is the fourth Summit for Space Sustainability but the first to be held in the UK. It will be co-hosted by the UK Space agency and “is a high-level, multi-day event focused on developing solutions for space sustainability.” It has the theme “Global Priorities for Space Sustainability,” and “is a unique gathering of global stakeholders from government, industry, and civil society.
For more than two decades, Dr Geraint Morgan and colleagues in The Applied Science & Technology Group (ASTG) have used the OU's space know-how, from missions to explore the fabric of comets and Mars, to solve complex problems closer to home.
A new global service has been launched to provide near-real time monitoring of surface water at a significantly lower cost compared to existing technologies.
Last night Taff Morgan and Simona Nicoara presented their space technology translation work at the Science Museum Lates: Space.
The show-and-tell event was called “Sniffing the Solar System” and was held in Information Age section of the museum.