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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New doctoral programme - global life and environmental challenges
A new doctoral training initiative, the Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award (ILESLA), has been launched to address pressing societal and environmental challenges.
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- OU graduate launches revolutionary AI platform to map plastic pollution in the world’s oceans 25th November 2024
- Rethinking collective decision-making in the age of social media 21st November 2024
