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Earth’s oldest known impact might have ended ‘snowball Earth’ ice age
New evidence has confirmed Australia’s Yarrabubba crater as the world’s oldest preserved impact structure - but did it thaw Earth and end an ice age?
Astrophysical outreach and premier league research: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Imperial physicist and chemist honoured in premier young scientist awards
Professor Claudia de Rham and Professor Matthew Fuchter receive accolades in the annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
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Podcast: Baby brains, new Mars quests and preventing pandemics
In this edition: We discover treatments for baby brain injuries, see what’s new on Mars for 2020 and find out how to prevent pandemics.
New galaxy observations and secrets of skin: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Closest-ever approach to the Sun gives new insights into the solar wind
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind.
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Solar Orbiter spacecraft heads to launch site on its way to the Sun
A spacecraft on a mission to study the Sun, with Imperial kit on board, is leaving Europe in preparation for launch in February 2020.
Q&A: How exploring Venus could unlock our understanding of Earth’s future
As the EnVision mission to Venus is preparing for its planned launch in 2032, we speak to the Imperial researcher who is a part of the Science Team.
Earliest cluster of forming galaxies discovered 13 billion light-years away
A 13-billion-year-old intense galaxy-forming region has been spotted, giving researchers clues as to how huge networks of galaxies develop.
New satellite looking at how Earth is losing its cool gets the go-ahead
A satellite that will measure Earth’s energy budget, helping to improve climate change predictions, has been selected as a future mission by ESA.
