Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
How can studying asteroids allow us to have a better understanding of the formation of our solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research...
Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD Student in The School of Physical Sciences, explores different types of meteorites which have landed across our planet.
Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
Zoe Morland, a PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences, looks at Phobos - one of Mars' moons and how space agencies are going to investigate its composition.
Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Right now there are two active asteroid sample-return missions in space...
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Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
The Rosetta mission is just what's needed to inspire future astronauts and space scientists, writes Dr Natalie Starkey.
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Sleeping spacecraft Rosetta ready to wake up for comet landing
As the Rosetta spacecraft awakes, Dr Natalie Starkey takes us through this extraordinary comet-landing mission.
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The Big Bang
This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.' (T.S. Eliot) But how about the way the world begins? Was this the biggest bang of all? This free course The Big Bang will introduce you to the theory of the Big Bang and will present the three main lines of experimental evidence that support this theory.
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Galaxies, stars and planets
This free course, Galaxies, stars and planets, is a general introduction, including scale of the universe from the very large to the very small; orbits and gravity; the Solar System; the Sun and other stars; galaxies and the composition of astronomical objects.
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Astronomy with an online telescope
This free course shows you how to navigate the night sky, and introduces the wide variety of objects it contains. You will develop a hands-on understanding of telescopic observations using the Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. Supported by your own measurements we illustrate how stars evolve, and study variable stars. For those new to astronomy and/or the use of robotic telescopes this course provides a practical introduction and will prepare you for further OU study where remotely operable telescopes feature.
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Gaia and the Killer Asteroids
How does Gaia detect any dangerous Earth-crossing asteroids?
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