Right now, in a control room in Darmstadt, Germany, scientists are waiting to hear from the European Space Agency‘s Rosetta mission. Rosetta was launched in 2004 from French Guyana, and ever since has been flying on a gravity-assisted course towards the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which it will orbit and photograph over the next two years, with … Read more
Science in the North-East this week is headed up on Thursday by the Institute of Physics North East Branch’s annual Gareth Roberts Memorial Lecture, held at Newcastle University in memory of the branch’s former Secretary. This year’s talk is by Dr. Marialuisa Aliotta from Edinburgh University, whose talk “A journey through stellar lives” will ask … Read more
This week brings us Stargazing Live on BBC TV. In three episodes, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Dara O’Briain and Brian Cox discuss the northern lights, being an astronaut, and looking for undiscovered galaxies. All of the TV episodes start at 9pm on BBC2. Unfortunately, this year, the BBC haven’t chosen to … Read more