Space
When art meets science: Peak District podcast, watercolour painting and animating Mars
You may be surprised to read about watercolours and gallery walls in a piece on geothermal gradients, but just stick with us for a second… While it’s no secret that creativity and the sciences are undoubtably linked, this concept takes on a whole new meaning in the science communication module that’s open to final year […]
Guest post: We’re calling – but will aliens pick up?
Research impact and institutes
Might aliens – one day – discover humans, and not the other way around? Student Lucinda Shirreffs considers exciting new research suggesting just that.
Guest post: Some stars have a pulse – and astronomers have cosmic stethoscopes
Research impact and institutes
Student Lucinda Shirreffs sets focus on pulsars – and how Manchester researchers are helping to measure their properties in greater accuracy than ever before.
‘Make it so’ – creating super-strength concrete from Mars dust, potatoes and salt
Research impact and institutes
Discover the ‘cosmic concrete’ that Manchester scientists believe might, one day, enable humans to build a colony on Mars – and aid the climate fight on Earth.
Climbing the iconic Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank
We don our hard hats to climb Jodrell Bank’s incredible Lovell Telescope and meet the remarkable people who work there – keeping it safe 24/7.
The Buzz S3, E4: Space bricks
In this instalment of The Buzz podcast, Dr Aled Roberts explains the potential for using astronauts’ blood plasma and other human waste products to manufacture ‘space bricks’ to build structures on the Moon and Mars.
Science, space and singalongs: A stellar day at Bluedot
The Hub spent a brilliant day at the unique science and music celebration that is Bluedot Festival – here’s what we saw, and learnt!
Guest post: Binary star breakthrough – revealing planet formation around twin stars
Discover how Manchester researchers, led by Ana Karla Díaz-Rodríguez, have investigated planet formation from gas and dust in the binary star system SVS 13.
The Buzz S3, E1: Are we entering a new space age?
Dr Ciara McGrath helps us blast off season three of The Buzz podcast by answering the question: Are we entering a new space age?
Supermassive black holes to rock (\m/) time and space
Astronomers have discovered an epic cosmic waltz in the heart of our galaxy, with two supermassive black holes orbiting each other once every two years.