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Show all news items A rare star system with six exoplanets has been discovered with an architecture unchanged for billions of years. The star, HD110067, that is 100 light-years away in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices, has been perplexing researchers for years. Now scientists, including those at the University of Warwick, have revealed the true architecture of this unusual system using NASA and ESA spacecrafts.

UCL researchers will play a role in building a new instrument on the Rosalind Franklin rover, replacing Russian-made components, so that the Mars mission can launch in 2028.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a talk to discuss pandemic learnings, to a new way to identify the sex of pest species, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Pandemic learnings Professor Paul Kellam , in the Department of Infectious Disease , discussed lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in preparing for future health crises at the ScienceBusiness conference on health innovation and the future of medicines development in Brussels this week.

For the first time, an international group of astronomers have seen the heat glow of two giant ice planets colliding, and the resultant dust cloud move in front of the parent star several years later. The star ASASSN-21qj - named after the network of telescopes that first detected the fading of the star at visible wavelengths - was then studied intensively by a network of amateur and professional astronomers including those at The University of Warwick, who monitored the changes in the star's brightness over the next two years.

A landmark space telescope mission will use Cardiff University technology and expertise to find out more about the earliest stages of the Universe and how it was created over 13.7 billion years ago. The Lite satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection (LiteBIRD) mission will analyse the dying embers left over from the Big Bang, to test the current theory of how our Universe expanded immediately after it was formed.

A landmark mission involving UCL researchers aims to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.

Croydon High School for Girls Astrogazers club completes 'Mission Aspiration' launches with help from the University of Bath, encouraging STEM participation.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has funded a new mission concept involving a "swarm" of satellites to address the growing threat of space debris.

The University of Manchester will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has funded a new mission concept involving a "swarm" of satellites to tackle the growing threat of space debris.

The University of Manchester is to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our Solar System.

New images of a supernova and its remnant 168,000 light years from Earth have revealed clues about how exploding stars develop over time, according to an international team of scientists.

New research by The University of Manchester will enhance the power of bioprinting technology, opening doors to transform advances in medicine and addressing critical health challenges faced by astronauts during space missions. Bioprinting involves using specialised 3D printers to print living cells creating new skin, bone, tissue or organs for transplantation.

A beautiful new image of the Ring Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, which reveals new features in the outer regions of the ring, has been released by ESA, NASA and CSA and an international team co-led by a UCL astronomer. The image, from James Webb's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) ( on the right of the main image above ), complements an image issued earlier this month, showing the Ring Nebula at shorter wavelengths of infrared light, taken by James Webb's NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) ( above left ).

JWST/NIRcam composite image of the Ring Nebula. The images clearly show the main ring, surrounded by a faint halo and with many delicate structures.

Breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula in Lyra (Messier 57), have been recorded by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), showcasing the nebula's intricate and ethereal beauty in unprecedented detail.

Osnat Katz (UCL Science & Technology Studies) tells readers all they need to know about this week's supermoon in The Conversation No matter where you are in the world, and no matter how light the skies are, the Moon is always there.

The European Space Agency released the first images taken by the Euclid space telescope's VIS instrument, which was built by an international team led by UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum in northwest Scotland are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars. It's amazing to think that somewhere right here in the UK might be able to tell us something about the geology of a different planet Helen Williams A group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have this week been collecting samples of rock from the NatureScot National Nature Reserve (NNR) as part of the NASA and European Space Agency (ESA)-s Mars Sample Return Program.

Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars.

Researchers from the School of Physics & Astronomy are lending their support to construction of the largest-ever solar telescope built in Europe, designed to provide unparalleled insight into the phenomena of space weather.

Scientists are studying plasma in the Sun-s atmosphere, to help address some of humanity's greatest challenges - from harnessing an endless source of green energy to building knowledge of the Earth's climate.

Leading researchers from across The University of Manchester (UoM) have given their support to a global initiative endorsed by His Majesty King Charles III promoting the sustainable use of space.

Mysteries of the dark universe which have bewildered astronomers for centuries could finally be solved by Southampton scientists after a satellite was fired into space. The £1billlion Euclid rocket was launched by SpaceX in July to reveal the origins of the cosmos. The satellite, which is fitted with telescopic space cameras, is on a six-year mission to shed light on dark energy and dark matter - which scientists say account for 95 per cent of the known universe.

A European mission to explore how gravity, dark energy and dark matter shaped the evolution of the Universe soared into space today from Cape Canaveral.

Euclid, a space mission led by the European Space Agency that includes a massive optical camera designed and built by UCL researchers, will map the large-scale structures of the universe to better understand two mysterious components: dark matter and dark energy. Everything that we can see and detect in the world around us - the stars, galaxies, flowers, our bodies, atoms - represents just 5% of the universe.

A new report by an international consortium of leading astronomers, including UCL's Professor Amelie Saintonge, has set out recommendations to transform our understanding of the universe in the next decade.

A week after launch, the boom hosting the magnetometer instrument on the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission has been successfully deployed.