UCL Centre for Space Exochemistry Data

The Centre for Space Exochemistry Data (CSED) is an interdisciplinary hub that will take exoplanet science and astrochemical research to a new level by facilitating connections between observational data from space missions, deep learning techniques and quantum physics modelling of complex molecules.

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The Centre for Space Exochemistry Data (CSED) is a new interdisciplinary initiative from UCL.

Research into exotic worlds orbiting other stars is generating vast quantities of data. CSED is a major national and international hub to foster intersections between cutting-edge exoplanet science, industry, public space organisations and SMEs. The Centre is located in the Harwell Space Cluster, the gateway to the UK space sector.

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Here you will find the latest news, events and press releases for the centre.

Study Here

Study Here

Through the Centre for Space Exochemistry Data, there are a number of study opportunities available to you at UCL.

Projects

Projects

Projects of the Centre for Space Exochemistry Data.

The European Space Agency formally adopts Ariel, the exoplanet explorer

Ariel

The European Space Agency (ESA) have formally adopted Ariel, the first mission dedicated to study the nature, formation and evolution of exoplanets. Ariel has passed major feasibility reviews and has been formally adopted into the program of future missions for implementation. It will survey about 1000 planets outside our solar system during its lifetime. Ariel will unveil the nature, formation and evolution of a large and assorted sample of planets around different types of stars in our galaxy. Ariel press release. ESA press release.

First water detected on potentially ‘habitable’ planet

K2-18B

Water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth with habitable temperatures by UCL researchers in a world first. K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System, or ‘exoplanet’, known to have both water and temperatures that could support life. The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, is the first successful atmospheric detection for an exoplanet orbiting in its star’s ‘habitable zone’, at a distance where water can exist in liquid form.

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General Enquiries:

CSED
Email: csed@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 01235 567347
Address: UCL Centre for Space Exochemistry Data, Atlas Building, Offices G23, G24 & G25, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QR