Discovery of new planet “over three times more massive than the Earth”
OU researchers are part of an international team which has discovered a new planet orbiting the closest single star to the Sun. The paper, co-authored by three OU astronomers: Professor Carole Haswell, Post-Doctoral Researcher Dr John Barnes and former OU PhD student Dr Daniel Staab was published in Nature on Thursday 15 November.
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Rethinking collective decision-making in the age of social media
In her inaugural lecture, on Thursday 21 November 2024, Anna De Liddo, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Director of Research at the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University, pointed out that the biggest problems of our time call for collective action.
- Living Roof project wins Open Societal Challenges funding for urban green roofing initiative 21st November 2024
- New research report looks at political understanding of young people in Wales 20th November 2024
- The UK government wants to shake up pensions – but it can’t guarantee that ‘megafunds’ will want to invest in Britain 20th November 2024
