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Browse 15 OpenLearn items Professor Monica Grady has worked on

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  Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model¹¹⁴

  Katherine Johnson, who in February 2020 died at the age of 101, was an amazing woman. But up until a few years ago, hardly anyone had heard of her or her achievements. Professor Monica Grady explores her amazing legacy.

  Read now: Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

  Updated on:

  06 Oct 2020

• By Lwp Kommunikáció under Creative Commons BY 4.0 license

  

  What danger do asteroids pose to life on earth?¹¹⁴

  It was a huge asteroid that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, so what damage could smaller asteroids do to life on earth. Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University, Monica Grady, explores the issue. 

  Read now: What danger do asteroids pose to life on earth?

  Updated on:

  22 Jan 2018

• Copyright: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho

  

  As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission¹¹⁴

  What Cassini taught us about Saturn's moons is a start. We look back at its amazing journey, and Monica Grady argues we should now be thinking about sending the next probe.

  Watch now: As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission

  Updated on:

  18 Sep 2017

• Copyright: Artwork by Catherine Pain © The Open University

  

  What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars¹¹⁴

  Loss of the Mars lander from its recent probe is diappointing, but the search for life on Mars goes on.

  Read now: What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

  Updated on:

  09 Nov 2016

• Copyright free: NASA

  

  Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park¹¹⁴

  Monica Grady tells us about what Tim Peake - the first British astronaut to do a spacewalk - is up against.

  Read now: Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

  Updated on:

  15 Jan 2016

• Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  

  Ceres: Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Erm...¹¹⁴

  The latest pictures from Ceres are starting to make the difference between comets and asteroids crumble. Monica Grady explains.

  Read now: Ceres: Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Erm...

  Updated on:

  10 Dec 2015

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  Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun¹¹⁴

  The Perseids coincide with Rosetta making its closest approach to the Sun, explains Monica Grady.

  Read now: Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

  Updated on:

  11 Aug 2015

• Copyright: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  

  New Horizons finally gets up close with Pluto – for 15 minutes¹¹⁴

  After a journey of over four and a half billion miles, New Horizons gets some face time with Pluto. But not too much.

  Read now: New Horizons finally gets up close with Pluto – for 15 minutes

  Updated on:

  14 Jul 2015

• Catherine Pain under Creative-Commons license

  

  It’s a crying shame when Nobel laureates are exposed as sexist¹¹⁴

  Tim Hunt should have realised that his "light-hearted" comment about the "trouble with girls" was going to offend.

  Read now: It’s a crying shame when Nobel laureates are exposed as sexist

  Updated on:

  11 Jun 2015

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  Eureka! We’ve found Beagle2! Now where did Philae go?¹¹⁴

  After finding Beagle2 last week, Professor Monica Grady ponders the whereabouts of another delinquent lander, Philae.

  Read now: Eureka! We’ve found Beagle2! Now where did Philae go?

  Updated on:

  19 Jan 2015

• Copyright: photos.com

  

  Space exploration promises to be spectacular in 2015¹¹⁴

  2014 was a phenomenal year for planetary science, will 2015 follow suit? Monica Grady outlines this year's exciting space events. 

  Read now: Space exploration promises to be spectacular in 2015

  Updated on:

  05 Jan 2015

• The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license

  

  Photographing Orion¹¹⁴

  Space scientist, Professor Monica Grady, gives us some tips on photographing Orion in this short video. 

  Watch now: Photographing Orion

  Updated on:

  12 Dec 2014

• Cristiano Oliveira under CC BY-NC 2.0 licence under Creative-Commons license

  

  Historical comet-landing site is looking for a name¹¹⁴

  Just as Rosetta is named for the Rosetta Stone, the comet-landing site is also looking for a name that will resonate through history.

  Read now: Historical comet-landing site is looking for a name

  Updated on:

  22 Oct 2014

• Copyright: Spacecraft: ESA–J. Huart, 2014; Comet image: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

  

  Before the historic comet landing, Philae faces many dangers¹¹⁴

  The ESA has now announced that the landing is scheduled for the 12th November, but what dangers await Philae when it finally gets there? 

  Watch now: Before the historic comet landing, Philae faces many dangers

  Updated on:

  20 Oct 2014

• Copyright: Production team

  

  Truth Will Out - There is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe¹¹⁴

  In this series of articles originally published in July 2001 to coincide with Truth Will Out, our panel of experts discuss their views on the likelihood that we are not alone in the universe

  Read now: Truth Will Out - There is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe

  Updated on:

  19 Apr 2007

Professor Monica Grady's Research & Publications