Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2020 by Nadjejda
Half a century ago humans stepped on the Moon for the first time. The lunar rocks the Apollo astronauts bought back to Earth are still being investigated and analysed by researchers all over the world. As lab techniques improve, new revelations help us better understand our natural satellite.
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Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2020 by Nadjejda
She feels at ease in the lab, surrounded by microscopes to unveil the inner secrets of rocks. As she swings back and forth between a meteorite sample, the eyepiece and the screen, she is looking for the organic compounds that will tell her more about life in the Universe.
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Posted on Monday July 27th, 2020 by Nadjejda
If aliens looked for life on a future Earth with its oceans and fertile lands lost to time, where would they start?
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Posted on Monday July 27th, 2020 by Nadjejda
The crime scene is an impact crater and the mystery is an elusive one for scientists – detecting life’s fingerprints on Mars.
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Posted on Tuesday October 15th, 2019 by julien
For eight days the International Space Station operated at full capacity with nine astronauts. With the extra set of hands in space the science teams on Earth got busy scheduling the astronauts’ days to get the most research time out of their time in orbit.
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Posted on Thursday August 22nd, 2019 by Ally
Scientist in ESA’s Human Spaceflight programme Elizabeth Heider shares her experiences of a recent science debrief with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst following the 2018 Horizons mission. The version below has been edited for length. See the full article on LinkedIn.
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