Expert Comment
Professor Don Pollacco on planetary alignments
Planetary alignments have always occurred; they are times when the planets in the solar system are all roughly positioned in the same direction when viewed from Earth. Given that we understand the orbits of the planets we can predict when these ‘alignments’ will occur. While the planets may look relatively close together in the sky they are of course separated by many millions of miles.
Russian anti-satellite missile test: expert comment
James Blake, Centre for Space Domain Awareness, University of Warwick, comments on Russia's anti-satellite missile test
Technical issues on the Hubble Telescope: Warwick astronomer comments
With NASA reporting technical issues with the Hubble Space Telescope's payload computer and starting procedures to switch to backup hardware, Professor Peter Wheatley from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group in our Department of Physics comments on the importance of this 31 year old mission.
'Exciting period for Mars exploration': Warwick astronomer comments as Perseverance Rover lands
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is due to land on the surface of the red planet today. It's an exciting period for Mars explorations says Dr David Brown from the Department of Physics, who has commented on the mission.
China's Tianwen-1 mission to Mars: expert comment from astronomer Dr David Brown
China has just launched the rocket that will take it's first Mars rover, named Tianwen-1, to the red planet. An unusual mission that combines a surface rover with an orbiting satellite, Dr David Brown from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group in the Department of Physics comments on the significant leaps that China has made in developing its space programme.