New mission to create total solar eclipses in space
30 September 2024
Scientists are working on the launch of a spacecraft mission which will allow them to view the Sun’s atmosphere in more detail than ever before.
New dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth's tech
30 July 2024
Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our understanding of exactly when a violent solar eruption may hit Earth.
Solar eclipse 2024: Aberystwyth-led team’s race to the Sun
09 April 2024
Scientists from Aberystwyth and the United States who had travelled to Dallas Texas to study the solar eclipse had to quickly change their plans after cloud cover disrupted them at the last moment.
The total solar eclipse in North America could help shed light on a persistent puzzle about the Sun
28 March 2024
Writing in the Conversation, Professor Huw Morgan from the Department of Physics discusses the science to be done during eclipses as part of a study of a total solar eclipse that is taking place across North America on 8 April.
UK Space Agency funds work to replace Russian components on Mars rover
23 November 2023
The UK Space Agency will provide an additional £10.7 million to replace a Russian-made instrument on the Rosalind Franklin rover, so that it can launch to Mars in 2028.
Aberystwyth physicists collaborate on solar telescope project
26 July 2023
Aberystwyth University is part of an international collaboration to build the biggest solar telescope ever constructed in Europe.