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Professor Carole Mundell was the Chief International Science Envoy at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from January to October 2021. Previously Professor Mundell was Chief Scientific Adviser at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. She is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy...
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.
The UK government is announcing its support for the renowned particle physicist Professor Mark Thomson, to be the next Director-General of CERN.
Paul has been CEO of the UK Space Agency, an Executive Agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), since September 2021. He leads a team of more than 300 who provide the R&D funding to use space...
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The National Space Council met for the first time today since its reinstatement as part of the UK’s mission to become a true space superpower.
Published by the UK Space Agency, the magazine is bursting with the latest space sector news and packed with educational material.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden’s speech to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The call for evidence into a new UK National Academy of Mathematical Sciences is now open.
Astronomers have taken a meteoric leap closer to discovering how our Solar System began, unveiling the most detailed atlas of the Milky Way in history
UK funding for scientists working on a mission to map the Galaxy has helped advance the frontiers of human knowledge, according to a new report, published today alongside the latest Gaia data release.
The mission to map the Universe.
The telescope will study the first stars and galaxies and examine the physical and chemical properties of solar systems.
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