{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1859525", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-led-comet-interceptor-team-wins-sir-arthur-c-clarke-award/", "date": "10 November 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-11-10", "headline": "海角社区-led Comet Interceptor team wins Sir Arthur C. Clarke Award", "summary": "An 海角社区-led team developing a magnetometer for the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Comet Interceptor mission has received a 2026 Sir Arthur C. Clarke Award for Space Achievement by a Research Team.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Mr Christopher M Carr, Professor Marina I F Galand, Mr Emanuele Cupido", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1852875", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/ten-years-after-rosetta-final-landing-imperial-researchers-unlock-new-comet-insights/", "date": "23 October 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-10-23", "headline": "Ten years after Rosetta final landing, Imperiaresearchers unlock new comet insights", "summary": "New analysis from the European Space Agency\u2019s Rosetta mission is shedding fresh light on the plasma environment surrounding Comet 67P.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Marina I F Galand, Mr Victor Steinwand, Mr Christopher M Carr", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1845562", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/aeronautics/2026/new-helicopter-rotor-could-improve-future-mars-exploration-missions-/", "date": "19 October 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-10-19", "headline": "New helicopter rotor could improve future Mars exploration missions", "summary": "Researchers from 海角社区, working with collaborators at NASA Ames Research Center, Tohoku University and Nagoya University, have evaluated a new rotor airfoil that could improve the performance of future Mars helicopters.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Sree Jagadeesan", "profile": "Professor Oliver Buxton", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Aeronautics|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1848630", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/giant-canyon-on-mars-is-still-tectonically-active-today/", "date": "15 October 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-10-15", "headline": "Giant canyon on Mars is still tectonically active today", "summary": "Scientists at Imperiaand Columbia University have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system is still active and shaping Mars today, billions of years after it first formed. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Dr Doyeon Kim", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1843744", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-researchers-join-landmark-nasa-mission-to-explore-the-hidden-universe/", "date": "2 October 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-10-02", "headline": "Imperiaresearchers join landmark NASA mission to explore the hidden Universe", "summary": "NASA has selected the PRIMA space telescope mission to study the history and evolution of the Universe", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Dr Dave L Clements", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1841800", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/-new-space-instrumentation-laboratory-supports-future-space-missions-/", "date": "29 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-29", "headline": " New Space Instrumentation Laboratory supports future space missions", "summary": "A newly refurbished clean room in the Chemistry Building has become the Department of Physics\u2019 new Space Instrumentation Laboratory, providing a dedicated facility for the assembly, testing and inspection of space-flight hardware. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Mr Patrick Brown", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1835201", "articleURL": "/news/articles/convergence-science/2026/artemis-ii-engineers-visit-imperial/", "date": "23 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-23", "headline": "Artemis II engineers visit 海角社区", "summary": "NASA engineers 'landed' at Imperiato inspire school students and visit world-leading space instrument facilities.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Anissa Alifandi", "profile": "Ms Helen L O'Brien, Professor Jonathan Eastwood", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Centres", "topic": "Engineering, Campus and community, Cross-faculty", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Careers|Public Engagement|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1833294", "articleURL": "/news/articles/convergence-science/2026/imperial-researchers-awarded-aria-funding-to-transform-the-future-of-connectivity/", "date": "15 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-15", "headline": "Imperiaresearchers awarded ARIA funding to transform the future of connectivity", "summary": "Imperiaacademics will lead projects investigating the potential of High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) as part of future telecoms infrastructure.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Anissa Alifandi", "profile": "Professor Kin K Leung, Professor Rafael Palacios, Professor George Papadakis", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Centres, Engineering", "topic": "Engineering, Science", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Aeronautics|Engineering Computing|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1810645", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/scientists-found-ingredients-for-life-in-a-meteor-that-landed-on-an-american-home/", "date": "15 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-15", "headline": "Scientists found ingredients for life in a meteor that crashed into an American home", "summary": "Scientists have discovered evidence of salty water - similar to the Earth\u2019s oceans - and organic matter essential for the building blocks of life in a meteorite that crashed through a house in New Jersey, USA in July 2024.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Simon Levey", "profile": "Professor Mark A Sephton", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews, News", "topic": "Engineering, Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|North America|Research|Space|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1789851", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/euclid-uncovers-record-breaking-quasars-from-the-dawn-of-the-universe/", "date": "6 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-06", "headline": "Euclid uncovers record-breaking quasars from the dawn of the Universe", "summary": "The European Space Agency\u2019s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most distant known quasars dating back to the earliest chapters in cosmic history, including the two most ancient quasars ever observed.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Daniel J Mortlock", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1783990", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/ai-and-physics-combine-to-deliver-the-sharpest-weak-lensing-view-of-the-dark-universe/", "date": "11 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-11", "headline": "AI and physics combine to deliver the sharpest weak-lensing view of the dark Universe", "summary": "Researchers have developed a new analysis technique to extract significantly more information from galaxy surveys, delivering the most precise weak-lensing-only measurements yet of the Universe\u2019s dark matter distribution.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Alan F Heavens, Dr Lucas Makinen", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1778718", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/new-ai-method-sharpens-view-of-the-universe-from-supernova-light-/", "date": "28 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-28", "headline": "New AI method sharpens view of the Universe from supernova light ", "summary": "海角社区-linked research could unlock the full potential of next-generation sky surveys ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Roberto Trotta", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Artificial Intelligence|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1777636", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-instrument-marks-key-milestone-for-esa-comet-interceptor-mission/", "date": "21 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-21", "headline": "Imperiainstrument marks key milestone for ESA Comet Interceptor mission", "summary": "海角社区\u2019s magnetometer is part of the first flight instrument delivered for the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Comet Interceptor mission.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Marina I F Galand", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1774594", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/imperial-and-singapores-htx-advance-partnership-to-benefit-public-safety-research/", "date": "11 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-11", "headline": "Imperiaand Singapore\u2019s HTX advance partnership to benefit public safety research", "summary": "Imperiaand Singapore\u2019s HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) have announced plans to collaborate in two key areas of public safety research. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "News", "topic": "ImperiaGlobal", "topicLabel": "ImperiaGlobal", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "ImperiaGlobal|Research|Singapore|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1771947", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/research-casts-doubt-on-claims-of-present-day-volcanism-on-venus/", "date": "28 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-28", "headline": "Research casts doubt on claims of present-day volcanism on Venus", "summary": "New analysis co-led by Imperiasuggests that recent evidence for active lava flows on Earth\u2019s \u2018sister planet\u2019 may be explained by radar viewing angles rather than eruptions. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Dr Philippa J Mason, Mr Gerard Gallardo i Peres", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1770063", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/fossils-of-lightning-could-help-decode-ancient-processes-and-planetary-environments/", "date": "20 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-20", "headline": "\u2018Fossils\u2019 of lightning could help decode ancient processes and planetary environments", "summary": "Tiny glassy particles discovered on a remote rock platform in Western Australia have been identified as the signature of lightning strikes, opening new possibilities for understanding Earth\u2019s deep past and the potential for life on other planets.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Dr Matthew J Genge, Mr Mark R Boyd", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering, Science", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1760896", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/powerful-solar-superstorm-gives-rare-glimpse-into-marss-atmosphere/", "date": "17 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-17", "headline": "Powerful superstorm gives rare glimpse into Mars\u2019s atmosphere", "summary": "A solar superstorm that struck Mars in 2024 has given scientists their most detailed view yet of how the Red Planet responds to extreme space weather.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Ingo C F Mueller-Wodarg", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1758778", "articleURL": "/news/articles/convergence-science/2026/school-of-convergence-science-celebrates-women-at-imperial-week--/", "date": "11 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-11", "headline": "School of Convergence Science Celebrates Women at ImperiaWeek ", "summary": "Women at ImperiaWeek celebrates the achievements of 海角社区\u2019s staff, students and alumni while shining a light on the initiatives and support networks that empower women across the university. It also highlights the impact of major institutional programmes such as 海角社区\u2019s Science for Humanity strategy. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Natasha Khaleeq, Anissa Alifandi, Annemarie van Basten, Tashiana Langley", "profile": "Professor Marisa Miraldo, Professor Faith Osier, Professor Alessandra M Russo, Professor Julie A McCann, Professor Mirabelle Muuls, Ms Alyssa R Gilbert", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews", "topic": "Cross-faculty, Business, Engineering, Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Cross-faculty", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Global Health|Health and Technology|Human and artificial intelligence|Space, security and telecommunications|Sustainability|Women At 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1743044", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/life-sciences/2026/plants-could-sustain-humans-on-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/", "date": "11 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-11", "headline": "Plants could sustain humans on the Moon, Mars and beyond", "summary": "Plants could play a central role in sustaining human life on the Moon, Mars and beyond, according to a new international Viewpoint. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Emily Govan", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1738499", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/new-clues-to-marss-habitability-in-discovery-of-ancient-beach/", "date": "26 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-26", "headline": "New clues to Mars\u2019s habitability in discovery of ancient beach", "summary": "New findings from NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that once held a vast lake \u2013 considerably expanding the timeline for potential habitability at this ancient site. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Mr Alex Jones", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1737999", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/scientists-devise-way-to-track-space-junk-as-it-falls-to-earth/", "date": "22 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-22", "headline": "Scientists devise way to track space junk as it falls to Earth", "summary": "Researchers have devised a new and quicker way to track falling space debris, using existing networks of earthquake-detecting seismometers.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Simon Levey", "profile": "Dr Constantinos Charalambous", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Engineering Resilient And Secure Infrastructure|Space|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1718802", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magnetometer-on-nasas-imap-mission-records-successful-first-light/", "date": "15 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-15", "headline": "海角社区\u2019s magnetometer on NASA\u2019s IMAP Mission records successful \u2018first light\u2019", "summary": "Imperiaresearchers celebrate a landmark achievement as NASA\u2019s IMAP mission sends back its first data from space. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Timothy S Horbury, Ms Helen L O'Brien", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|North America|Research|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1717975", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magic-instrument-prepares-for-lunar-gateway-mission-/", "date": "12 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-12", "headline": "海角社区\u2019s MAGIC instrument prepares for Gateway mission ", "summary": "A new experiment, called the European Radiation Sensors Array (ERSA), will carry a Magnetometer built by Imperiaphysicists to orbit the Moon and monitor space weather.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Jonathan Eastwood, Mr Richard Baughen", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1716320", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2025/martian-and-lunar-meteorites-rewrite-the-conditions-for-a-habitable-planet/", "date": "3 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-03", "headline": "Martian and lunar meteorites rewrite the conditions for a habitable planet", "summary": "A study of Mars\u2019s zinc reveals that primitive asteroids were the key source of volatile elements essential for habitability, reframing what we know about how planets acquire life\u2019s components.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1693797", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2025/potential-biosignatures-found-in-ancient-mars-lake/", "date": "10 September 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-09-10", "headline": "'Potential biosignatures' found in ancient Mars lake", "summary": "A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars - and Imperiascientists provided crucial context.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Simon Levey, Gege Li", "profile": "Mr Alex Jones, Dr Robert B Barnes, Professor Sanjeev Gupta", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Research|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}