Local school takes classroom into space
13 January 2016A primary school in Sawston spent the day learning all about space and one lucky 11-year old girl had the chance to try on a real space suit.
Astronaut and Cambridge experts encourage students to ‘tri’ the Space to Earth Challenge
06 November 2015Dr Helen Mason OBE (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics) has teamed up with astronaut Tim Peake to create sports and science activities for schools taking part in the Space to Earth Challenge.
Six Cambridge academics named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List
14 June 2014Professor David Spiegelhalter, The Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, is appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to Statistics.
First sightings of solar flare phenomena confirm 3D models of space weather
27 March 2014Video of magnetic field lines “slipping reconnection” bring scientists a step closer to predicting when and where large flares will occur.
New light shed on explosive solar activity
02 July 2012The first images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The discovery is one more step towards understanding the origins of extreme space storms, which can destroy satellite communications and damage power grids on Earth.
Cambridge academics shed new light on the Sun
09 April 2008New insights into solar activity have been revealed thanks to research from a group of Cambridge academics.
