Sports engineers from Sheffield Hallam University and Frazer Nash are helping Team GB's wheelchair paralympians fine-tune their equipment and training regimes using advanced analysis technology. Engineers explain the relationship between science and engineering in disability sports and how inspiring it is to work...

Planetary scientist, Professor Andrew Coates, explains why scientists look for the evidence of signs of past life on Mars.  He talks about the history of Mars and the current harsh environment on the planet. This video is part of a series of ten which look at the one of the elements of the European Space Agency’s...

From the Royal Astronomical Society, this leaflet looks at career pathways and opportunities in astronomy. It also gives case studies that illustrate the jobs held by women astronomers, including: * Astronomy lecturer and researcher * British Antarctic Survey researcher * Earth scientist * Astrophysicist

Dr Laura Hobbs is a research scientist at the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Association for Marine Science. She uses data from instruments, called echosounders, that use sound waves to monitor the depth and abundance of zooplankton in the Arctic Ocean. Studying copepods, her research has shown that...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * Meet the UK space scientists getting to grips with fundamental questions about the nature of the Universe. * The European Space Agency's first research centre in the UK. * How UK built satellites help rescue workers to save...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * Europe’s ambitious satellite navigation system. * The tenth anniversary of the SOHO mission. * How seals are being recruited as scientists to help transform our knowledge of the ocean. * The discoveries of Mars Express. *...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * Inside the UK’s rocket programme. * Efforts to counter any asteroid threat. * Europe’s space science missions. * How do planets get their names? * Space traveller’s guide to Jupiter.

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * 50 years in space and tracking orbiting spacecraft. * Upgrading Hubble and the next generation of space observatories. * Using Devon rock to help prepare for a mission to Mars. * Europe’s mission to monitor the Earth’s...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * Europe’s satellite navigation system takes shape in Portsmouth. * Meet the scientists unravelling the mysteries of the Moon. * What has space technology ever done for us? * Space traveller’s guide to black holes.

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * The UK charity using satellites to help save lives at sea. * Images from TopSat. * Europe’s Martian rover. * Ask the experts. * Space industry career file. * Space traveller’s guide to the Moon.

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * International Polar Year. * Fifty years of discoveries at Jodrell Bank. * Meet the scientists searching for ET. * Space traveller’s guide to Saturn.

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * Meet the scientists searching for signs of life beyond the Earth. * The UK students who are reaching for the stars. * How does satellite TV work? * Did we really go to the Moon? * How will the spacecraft of the future propel...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * The satellite investigating the Earth’s gravity and helping us to understand our changing climate. * A satellite to make broadband available to the remotest corners of the UK. * What are the chances of getting hit by an...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * People working on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moons. * Scientists helping to discover more about climate change and global warming. * A yacht team who will be using satellite data to help them as they race...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * Space tourism. * Saving lives with space technology. * Mysteries of deep space with XMM-Newton. * The Earth’s changing climate. * Space traveller's guide to Mars.