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UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency have announced the award of a contract to Spaceflux to build a new ground-based space camera-telescope system in Cyprus.
A European mission to explore how gravity, dark energy and dark matter has shaped the Universe has launched following £37 million UK Space Agency funding.
The UK will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang.
A ‘treasure trove’ of data, including papers authored by UK scientists, has been released from the Euclid space telescope, alongside the largest images of the Universe ever taken from space.
Looking for evidence of gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background, to shed light on the first moments after the Big Bang. Launch is expected before 2030 and the mission will be 3 years long.
This document contains the following information: Australia No. 1 (2006)
The telescope will study the first stars and galaxies and examine the physical and chemical properties of solar systems.
This document contains the following information: Supplementary agreement between the UK and Australia concerning the Anglo-Australian Optical Telescope.
These include lesson plans for teachers, other resources for the classroom as well as exercises and activities for home learning for both children and adults.
The UK Space Agency has announced its largest investment into an early-stage technology programme to enhance the UK’s Earth observation technologies, to improve how space is used to understand and protect the planet.
Researchers around the world will soon be able to access millions of the natural, historic specimens found in UK museums at the click of a button as part of a £473 million UK fund to enhance key research infrastructure.
UKAEA has improved optical viewport technology - reducing optical distortion by up to 75 percent - for applications such as fusion energy and quantum physics.
The career of our chief scientist of space weather was literally written in the stars.
Landmark commitments on AI, semiconductors, space and more form a key part of new UK-Republic of Korea Accord.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 2023.
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