Bringing pieces of Mars moon back to Earth

Mars and Phobos

A team, led by the OU’s Dr Manish Patel, a renowned expert on Mars exploration, has given the thumbs up for a new Japanese mission to bring pieces of Mars’ moon back to Earth.

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A section of the planet Jupiter with its moon Ganymede in the far distance

OU gets £787k funding to reveal the hidden mineral record of Jupiter’s icy moons

An Open University team, led by Dr Mark Fox-Powell, has received a research grant with a value of £787,300 from the Science and Technology Facilities Council to transform our understanding of how surface materials on Jupiter’s icy moons record their complex histories.