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.

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.