ExoMars-OU

Our group have been awarded another grant from the UK Space Agency to continue to develop detector technology that will contribute to a new imaging instrument for Mars, as part of the International Mars Ice Mapper and ESA Lightship-1 missions. tinyurl.com/588z4ews

Grainy space image, with white dots on a dark background. At the centre of the image is a larger, bright white blob with a faint white line stretching towards the top of the frame.

Grainy space image, with white dots on a dark background. At the centre of the image is a larger, bright white blob with a faint white line stretching towards the top of the frame. Key elements of the image are labelled: coma, plasma tail, potential dust tail. An inset shows the location of the Sun, Juice and comet 3I/ATLAS during the observation.

☄️ Our #ESAJuice team couldn't wait until February, when they will receive data on #3IATLAS from the mission's science instruments.

So they downloaded just a quarter of an image from its navigation camera to get a surprise sneak preview.

More info and annotations 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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HiRISE Image of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS!

On 2 October 2025, MRO turned away from Mars to image 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system!

https://www.uahirise.org/releases/3i-atlas/

...when it recorded this composite of five vertical images on 21 January 2024. Towards the bottom is Mars; at the top, space.

The kaleidoscope of light and colour is composed of the highest resolution images of the atmosphere above the limb of Mars ever obtained.

Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS

Five vertical composite images of Mars' atmosphere, revealing multi-colored layers heading into the limb of space.

#PPOD: ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter keeps gathering information from its orbit around Mars to understand its ancient past and potential habitability. The spacecraft was cruising over the southern highlands of Terra Cimmeria, some 400 km above the Martian surface... 🧪 🔭

Investigating the formation of Dust Devils on Mars Post contributed by Quentin Betton (master student) – LPG Nantes, Freie Universität & Dr. Susan Conway – LPG Nantes Mars has an atmosphere that is about 150 times thinner than the Earth, yet th…

‪The last #Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month of 2025 is now online! This month, Quentin Betton (master student at LPG Nantes) presents his study on Martian dust devils 🌪️🌕🛰️ #Mars #dustdevil #whirlwind #remotesensing
planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/i...

Our colleagues at HVI & SPE Labs recently had the pleasure of hosting Cranfield University MSc Astronautics & Space Engineering student projects! The students demonstrated innovation and critical thinking focusing on important knowledge gaps in the space industry - Find out more tinyurl.com/hzwrn29a

Several of our team members will be attending #EPSCDPS2025 in Helsinki next week to present our latest research including the latest NOMAD-UVIS ozone retrievals, optimising lander networks on Mars, exploration of the martian chlorine cycle and atmospheric dynamics on Venus.