Psyche Mission
- 26th Sep 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
The Psyche mission will study an asteroid that may be very similar to the core of the Earth and other rocky planets.
Space NOW Blog
-
![Illustration of the Psyche Mission.]()
NASA/ JPL- Caltech/ASU/Peter Rubin -
![Henrik Melin - Planetary Scientist.]()
Henrik Melin Space Careers: Henrik Melin
- 23rd Aug 2023
- Author: Dhara Patel
We caught up with Dr Henrik Melin from the University of Leicester to find out how he became and what he does as a planetary scientist.
-
![Carina Nebula.]()
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI A beginner's guide to Astrophotography
- 7th Aug 2023
- Author: Jane Kyprianou
A simple how-to guide for budding astrophotographers wanting to image the night sky and the astronomical objects within it.
-
![An artist's impression of ESA's Euclid spacecraft.]()
ESA/ATG medialab (spacecraft); NASA, ESA, CXC, C. Ma, H. Ebeling and E. Barrett (University of Hawaii/IfA), et al. and STScI (background) Euclid mission - investigating the dark universe
- 26th Jul 2023
- Author: Dhara Patel
By charting the largest map of the Universe, Euclid aims to shed light on the mysterious dark matter and energy that permeates the cosmos.
-
![Illuminated crescent Moon and Venus.]()
Stephen Rahn (Public domain) Solar System Summer: Venus
- 26th Jul 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis - Education Presenter
Known as the Earth's twin, Venus is far from the habitable and pleasant world that ours is.
-
![The first image of the Moon taken by Chandrayaan-2.]()
ISRO Chandrayaan-3: India’s first soft landing on the Moon?
- 13th Jul 2023
- Author: Ed Kellond-Turner
Will the Indian Space Research Organisation become the fourth nation to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon with their Chandrayaan-3 mission?
-
![The 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.]()
Morio - CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Any Space in Formula 1?
- 9th Jul 2023
- Author: Emma Mosley
As Formula 1 returns to the UK for the British Grand Prix we investigate the technology from space used in F1.
-
![Pluto, as seen by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015]()
NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Solar System Summer: Pluto
- 22nd Jun 2023
- Author: Elspeth Lewis
Just because it is no longer classed as a planet, doesn’t mean that Pluto isn’t worth learning about.
-
![Simulated Bh]()
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC Black Holes
- 11th May 2023
- Author: Lucy Spencer
A simple guide to one of the most mysterious objects in the universe: black holes.
-
![Banner Image Scaled 1900X0 C Default]()
Space Stories: Sir Patrick Moore
- 1st Feb 2023
- Author: Alex Thompson
Meet the man behind the name of the National Space Centre's planetarium.
