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As the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission moves from design phase to implementation, Professor Neil Bowles gives an insight into what it’s like to be part of an ambitious, global initiative.

A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone, moving from the design phase to implementation.

New research led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the Department of Physics at Oxford suggests that a layer of haze that exists on both planets is behind the different hues of blue.

Professor Myles Allen has been appointed Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment at Gresham College.

It is with great sadness that we announce that emeritus colleague and former Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Professor David Andrews died on 1 March 2022.

Scientists from the University of Oxford are field-testing seismic sensors in the bitter conditions of Antarctica to simulate the solar system’s icy moons.

Professor Tim Woollings has received the American Meteorological Society’s Louis J Battan Author’s Award (adult) for Jet Stream, a scientifically accurate account of large-scale atmospheric dynamics told from the perspective of a drifting weather balloon.

Dr Tim Lichtenberg has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Winton Award for Early Achievement in Geophysics for his work on understanding the growth and long-term evolution of rocky planets.

Professor Myles Allen has been recognised in the 2022 New Year's Honours

It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend, emeritus colleague and former Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Professor Fred Taylor died on 16 December 2021.

Professor Philip Stier, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at Oxford, has been elected President of the Atmospheric Sciences division of the European Geosciences Union, the leading organisation for Earth, planetary and space science resear

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