Arola Moreras Marti from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews was awarded the best student poster prize at the first SPERO meeting. Arola is a first year PhD candidate and is supervised by Dr Claire Cousins and...
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The definition of a planet approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 demoted Pluto to “non-planet,” thus dropping the consensus number of planets in our solar system from nine to eight. “The change – a subject of much scientific...
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Welcome to the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory is located near Dalmellington, East Ayrshire, on the northern edge of the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park. It is one of only two publicly accessible...
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When space crops up in conversation, ownership does not immediately spring to mind. But as the human race continues to advance in this field, and with commercial space enterprises just around the corner, questions about power politics and their...
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport has signed an agreement with Houston Spaceport as it continues its bid to become the UK’s first launch site. The South Ayrshire airport is developing plans for a spaceport that could see the first satellites and...
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Glasgow are to host the first British Planetary Science Congress, 3-5th December 2017, Hilton Grosvenor, Glasgow West End. More details to follow! See link in menu bar above.
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The Centre for Exoplanet Science brings together researchers from different disciplines to find out how planets form in different galactic environments, how their atmospheres evolve, and the relation between the evolutionary history of planets...
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On May 2, 2016, scientists announced the discovery of TRAPPIST-1, an alien solar system 40 light-years from Earth with a tiny, ultracool dwarf star and three small exoplanets that just might be habitable...
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Scotland highly competitive with the rest of the UK, punching above its weight?
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Thanks to the University of Edinburgh for hosting the 2017 SPERO meeting – a very enjoyable and productive day. See you in Sterling for the 2018 SPERO meeting (organiser Dr Christian Schroeder) and look out for the pre-conference field trip...
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