News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/planetary-news-viewer/rss Colin Forsyth 2011-09-08T10:24:07Z Dr. Chris Arridge awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/csa-rsurf2012 Dr. Chris Arridge has commenced a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) in the Planetary Science Group at MSSL and is joined by Dr. Lucie Green (Solar Physics, URF 2012) and Dr. Tom Kitching (Astrophysics, URF 2011). Professor Alan Smith, Director of MSSL said 'We are very proud to host these three exceptional scientists and look forward to working with them in the years to come. They will significantly strengthen our engagement in science exploitation, future missions, outreach and education.' Chris Arridge 2012-11-01T18:25:17Z Planetary science group hosts Cassini CAPS Team Meeting 43 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-capstm-spring2012 On Thursday 31 May and Friday 1 June the Planetary science group is hosting the 43rd meeting of the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) team. Chris Arridge 2012-05-31T11:22:50Z Selection of JUICE mission to Jupiter and Ganymede by ESA http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-esa-juice-selection ESA's next "large class" (L-class) mission will be a mission called JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) to study the giant planet Jupiter, its planetary system and magnetosphere, and particularly its moon Ganymede. Chris Arridge 2012-05-08T18:58:07Z Planetary group scientists attend Cassini Magnetospheric and Plasma Science Meeting http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-maps-2012 Andrew Coates and Tom Nordheim attended the Cassini Magnetospheric and Plasma Science (MAPS) working group meeting at University of Cologne on 28-30 March. Chris Arridge 2012-04-02T19:55:37Z Comet studies in the planetary group catch media attention at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/yr2-comet-skyatnight In a presentation at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester, planetary group PhD student Yudish Ramanjooloo presented his work on using amateur images of comets to infer the properties of the surrounding solar wind. This work was picked up for a media article in Sky at Night online . Chris Arridge 2012-03-28T16:24:15Z Planetary group attends the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-rasnam-2012 Several members of the planetary group are attending the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting , hosted by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester , from 27-30 March 2012. Chris Arridge 2012-03-28T15:50:53Z Dr. Gethyn Lewis attends a meeting of the Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Network http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/grl-spine-mtg Dr. Gethyn Lewis will attend a consortium meeting of the Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Network of Europe (SPINE) at the European Space Agency's space research and technology centre (ESTEC ) in the Netherlands, from 5 - 7 March 2012. The SPINE consortium aims to share resources and coordinate efforts to understand and model the interaction of spacecraft with their space plasma environments, including spacecraft charging. Dr. Lewis has been involved in modelling work using tools ( Spacecraft Plasma Interaction System - SPIS ) developed by the SPINE consortium to understand the charging of the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. Chris Arridge 2012-03-05T09:08:43Z Dione's thin oxygen exosphere http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/ajc-dione-exosphere Dione is a moon of Saturn, discovered in 1684 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini. Over 300 years later, planetary scientists including Andrew Coates and Geraint Jones from MSSL-UCL, have discovered that Dione has a weak exosphere near its surface (at planets with denser atmospheres, the exosphere is the outermost layer of its atmosphere). This work was featured on BBC News Online and is also the feature of a science nugget on the planetary science group website. Chris Arridge 2012-03-02T13:52:52Z Planetary Group attends the 2011 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-agufm-2011 Drs. Geraint Jones , Adam Masters , and Mr Yudish Ramanjooloo are attending the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco, USA. Chris Arridge 2011-12-08T16:52:30Z Dr. Adam Masters wins the Robert Boyd Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/am2-boydaward Dr. Adam Masters from the Planetary Science group has won this year’s Robert Boyd Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement . Chris Arridge 2011-11-20T22:51:05Z ScienceWatch interview with Prof. Andrew Coates http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/ajc-sciencewatch The ScienceWatch website recently interviewed Prof. Andrew Coates for the Featured Interviews section of their website. Chris Arridge 2011-11-20T22:19:50Z 4th ExoMars Science Working Team Meeting, ESTEC, The Netherlands http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-exomarsws-2011 Prof. Andrew Coates (PanCam Principal Investigator) and Dr. Craig Leff (PanCam Project Manager) attended the 4th ExoMars Science Working Team meeting at the ESA Research and Technology Centre ESTEC on 13-14 October 2011. Chris Arridge 2011-10-25T17:38:27Z Joint meeting of the European Planetology Network and Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in Nantes, France http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-epscdps-2011 From 3 - 7 October 2011 Prof. Andrew Coates and Dr. Adam Masters attended the joint meeting of the European Planetology Network and the American Astronomical Association's Division of Planetary Sciences. Chris Arridge 2011-10-25T17:29:23Z Workshop on future observations and study of Uranus http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/csa-uranus-workshop Chris Arridge 2011-10-17T14:46:21Z Cassini CAPS Team Meeting: Glacier National Park, Montana http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-capstm-fall2011 Professor Andrew Coates and Dr Gethyn Lewis will attend the Cassini CAPS team meeting in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA on 22 and 23 September 2011. Dr Lewis will give an update on the current status of the CAPS/ELS instrument and Professor Coates will give presentations on Saturn's largest moon Titan. Chris Arridge 2011-09-14T08:09:10Z Mars Advanced Summer School, China http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/ajc-mars-summerschool Andrew Coates will attend the ESA-sponsored Mars Advanced Summer School in Weihai China in September 2011. He will give lectures on the interaction between the Solar Wind and the atmosphere of Mars. Chris Arridge 2011-09-09T17:35:09Z New Planetary Group Website Launched http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/planetary-science/news/planetary-news/misc-newwebsite The planetary group have been spending the past few weeks developing our new website and this was launched on Friday 9 September 2011. We hope users of our previous site will enjoy our new site and that new visitors will be interested in reading about the activities of our group. Queries about the website can be directed to the web editor, Chris Arridge , by email at csa [a t] mssl.ucl.ac.uk. Chris Arridge 2011-09-09T17:22:52Z