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Green light for ESA Venus mission

British scientists will play a leading role in a new mission to study the geology and atmosphere of Venus, our neighbouring planet, helping determine whether it was once habitable – and why Earth became the only known planet that can sustain life.
10 June 2021
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Citizen scientists identify nearby two-planet system

Planet Hunters TESS, a citizen science project led by a team at the University of Oxford and hosted by the Zooniverse platform, has discovered a two-planet system around a nearby star.
10 June 2021
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A trip around the solar system

More than 170 visitors took a trip around the solar system - in Oxford University Parks!
9 June 2021
How ExoMars studies the atmosphere

ExoMars discovers hydrogen chloride on Mars

Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride – the first time the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected a new gas.
10 February 2021

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