Blue salt crystals reveal a water-rich Ceres
Dr Queenie Chan, OU Postdoctoral researcher, has analysed minuscule sapphire-coloured salt crystals, which were on two meteorites that fell to earth in 1998.
In a paper published this week (10 January) in Science Advances, she describes how these crystals have revealed that Ceres could be a water-rich world that is a suitable place for the formation of life and how advances in technology have made this analysis possible.
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OU senior lecturer presents at UK delegation
Dr Alessandra Marino has joined the United Kingdom delegation to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, contributing to international discussions on the governance and sustainability of outer space activities.
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