Tag: space weather

The road to the stars: getting young people excited about space

Imperial is using its outreach programmes to get more young people excited about space. This blog post looks at the reach and impact of these initiatives. 

The road to the stars, it turns out, begins with a postcard. But instead of the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben, the postcards depict ‘flight surgeons’ and ‘space lawyers’, and instead of inspiring wanderlust, these postcards inspire young people to imagine their futures beyond the Earth’s boundaries.

Lunar Launch at ICL 2nd December 2022 © Brendan Foster Photography-463
Lunar Launch at ICL 2nd December 2022 © Brendan Foster Photography

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Auroras in Cambridge and the future of space weather forecasting

Postdoctoral researcher in the Space and Atmospheric Physics group, Adrian LaMoury, delves deep into the science of auroras and the future of forecasting space weather.

“Any chance of northern lights in Cambridge tonight? Saw a dubious tweet”

This was the message I received from a friend on the evening of 10 May 2024. I replied that it was their best chance in years.

Aurora photo from Cambridge – purple, blue and green lights are in the sky
My friend in Cambridge was treated to quite the display. Image credit: Matthew Roberts

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