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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£1.3 million grant awarded to develop world-leading technologies in planetary imaging
The Open University Atmospheric Research and Surface Exploration group, led by Professor Manish Patel, have been awarded a £1.3 million grant from the UK Space Agency for developing new UK detector technology to realise next-generation planetary imaging through an international partnership with the US.
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