The Planets of Dawn Planetary systems are assembled around young stars within the so-called “protoplanetary” disks, which are the byproduct of the formation of the star itself. Over the last decade, observations of protoplanetary disks in nearby star… Read More

JWST: A New Voyager for the Outer Solar System The first 18 months of JWST scientific operations have produced a treasure trove of new discoveries for the four giant planets, whilst challenging the community to develop innovative software… Read More

The use of MaNGA data to establish the origin of spiral arms in galaxies  The aim of this project is to establish if the origin of the spiral arms in galaxies is due to stationary density waves or… Read More

30 years of submillimetre cosmology  The Universe that cooled from a cosmic fireball just shy of 14 billion years ago was comprised almost entirely of Hydrogen and Helium, with negligible quantities of the heavier elements. Astronomers seek to… Read More

How Heavy is the Most Massive Star in the Universe? Abstract: Very massive stars (VMS) are dominant sources of ionising radiation. The prime difference between VMS in our local Universe and those in the Early Universe is their… Read More

Satellite-magnetosphere interactions at Jupiter: A review of Juno JADE/JEDI observations Abstract:  Due to its inclined and highly elliptical trajectory, the Juno spacecraft passed frequently through magnetic flux tubes that were connected to the orbits of the Galilean satellites-Io,… Read More

The distribution of Birkeland currents in time and space Abstract: Birkeland currents communicate information between the magnetopause and the rest of the magnetosphere, flowing along magnetic field lines at Earth. These currents which underpin solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, and are… Read More

The Eye of the Geomagnetic Storm: Electrodynamics at High-Latitudes during Geomagnetic Storm Abstract:  The Earth’s magnetosphere is coupled to the solar wind, and the ionosphere. The solar wind-magnetosphere coupling gives rise to electrical currents which flow through the… Read More