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A public engagement event hosted by the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck as part of Mars Week 2024.
Exploration of our Solar System has never been more exciting with many new space missions planned or on route to their distant destinations, promising to increase our understanding of the Universe and our place in it. Exploring the Moon and Mars has been at the forefront of our endeavours so far making discussion of how essential human-crewed missions are relative to future possibilities with robotic-only missions of great significance.
Our event 'Exploring the Moon and Mars: Are human missions essential or are robotics the future?' aims to highlight both sides of this exciting and topical debate. After hearing from our experts and delving deeper by asking them your questions, you can cast your own vote for Team Human or Team Robotic Exploration!
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4/18/2024
The Astrobiology and Planetary Exploration (APEX) meetings this term (Oct-Dec 2023), were held on Fridays at 1pm online and at Birkbeck. The talks are an excellent way of keeping abreast with astrobiology and planetary exploration research within The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck and beyond.
All those interested in these topics are welcome to attend.
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11/23/2023
The Astrobiology and Planetary Exploration (APEX) meetings this term (Oct-Dec 2023), were held on Fridays at 1pm online and at Birkbeck. The talks are an excellent way of keeping abreast with astrobiology and planetary exploration research within The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck and beyond.
All those interested in these topics are welcome to attend.
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11/23/2023
The effects of dust on Mars' induced magnetosphere - Catherine Regan (MSSL), APEX Seminar 2023-10-13
The Astrobiology and Planetary Exploration (APEX) meetings this term (Oct-Dec 2023), were held on Fridays at 1pm online and in room 612 at Birkbeck. The talks are an excellent way of keeping abreast with astrobiology and planetary exploration research within The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck and beyond. All those interested in these topics are welcome to attend.
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11/3/2023
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2008 - Episode 5: What can Venus, Mars and Titan tell us about Earth? (video)
Vintage Lunch Hour Lectures
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7/13/2023
The Astrobiology and Planetary Exploration (APEX) meetings this term (Jan-Mar 2023), were held on Thursdays at 1pm online and occasionally in NWW G22 LT at UCL. The talks are an excellent way of keeping abreast with astrobiology and planetary exploration research within The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck and beyond.
All those interested in these topics are welcome to attend.
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5/17/2023
Planet of the week, Mars, is pitched against Guest Planet Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, in a lively debate on one of the hot topics in astrobiology and planetary science: 'Where is the best place to search for life beyond Earth?'.
Our experts will try to convince you of the case for Team Mars or Team Europa. The ‘Mars Week Debate’ was a free public engagement event held live in person at UCL and online, on Thursday 9th March 2023.
Team Mars: Prof Andrew Coates (MSSL), Prof Ian Crawford (Birkbeck) and Catherine Regan (MSSL).
Team Europa: Dr Mark Fox-Powell (OU), Dr Rachael Hamp (OU) and Grace Richards (OU).
Host: Dr Andrew Rushby (Birkbeck)
The audience were able to put their questions to the panels, before casting their vote for Mars or Europa. Watch to find out who won on the night!
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3/23/2023
The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck is delighted to introduce 'Adventures in Planetary Science: Is There Life on Mars?', the first in a new series of exciting *free* public outreach talks presented by our planetary science experts. Our inaugural event took place online on the evening of Thursday 15 September 2022, with talks from our Mars and astrobiology planetary scientists at UCL and Birkbeck, followed by a panel Q&A session with the speakers.
Talks:
Louisa Preston (Recorded - MSSL) – Searching for Life on Mars; Catherine Regan (MSSL) – Missions to Mars: Evidence for Habitability; Priya Patel (MSSL/NASA JPL) – Perseverance and Mars Sample Return; Joel Davis (Birkbeck) – Mars Four Billion Years Ago: An Earth-like World; Andrew Coates (MSSL) – Looking for Life on Mars with Rosalind Franklin
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12/20/2022