Exciting time for the (future) mission to study the Sun, SOLAR-C, as our team of engineers visit NAOJ in Japan to integrate the structural thermal model of the Short Wave Camera into the telescope prior to environmental testing in December.
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Former MSSL PhD student Dr Jacqueline Campbell has followed an unconventional path, from driving trains on the London Underground to searching for life on Mars, & now leading an innovative approach to understanding our climate. Here is her inspiring story: lnkd.in/p/ezbvvYD5
www.linkedin.com Schmidt Science Fellow Jacqueline Campbell on Climate Change and Clouds | Schmidt Science Fellows... “If we can better understand how clouds are impacting climate change and improve the accuracy of our climate models, we can save lives.” From driving trains on the London Underground to searching for... Nine MSSL researchers past and present have been honoured with asteroids in the main asteroid belt officially named after them by the International Astronomical Union ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-p…
www.ucl.ac.uk Nine asteroids named after UCL-CPS researchers | Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences UCL-CPS researchers past and present from UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) have been honoured with asteroids in the main asteroid belt officially named after them. New work led by Anmol Aggarwal, a PhD student at MSSL, shows how supernovae spread elements unevenly though space forming unusual stars ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/oct/…
www.ucl.ac.uk Ultra-powerful star explosions might not have occurred after all | UCL News Evidence for hypernovae, theorised to be the most powerful explosions in the Universe, has been disputed in two papers by UCL researchers. More exciting results coming from analysis of Solar Orbiter data by a team including scientists from MSSL
Solar Orbiter tracks the origin of the Sun's mysterious magnetic switchbacks ☀️
Back in 2022, Solar Orbiter spotted a kink in the solar wind’s magnetic field known as a ‘switchback’ and confirmed it to be S-shaped: something scientists had predicted but not seen directly.
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