{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1777636", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/imperial-instrument-marks-key-milestone-for-esa-comet-interceptor-mission/", "date": "21 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-21", "headline": "Imperial instrument marks key milestone for ESA Comet Interceptor mission", "summary": "天美传媒\u2019s magnetometer is part of the first flight instrument delivered for the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Comet Interceptor mission.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Marina I F Galand", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1774594", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/imperial-and-singapores-htx-advance-partnership-to-benefit-public-safety-research/", "date": "11 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-11", "headline": "Imperial and Singapore\u2019s HTX advance partnership to benefit public safety research", "summary": "Imperial and Singapore\u2019s HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) have announced plans to collaborate in two key areas of public safety research. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "News", "topic": "Imperial Global", "topicLabel": "Imperial Global", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Imperial Global|Research|Singapore|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1771947", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/research-casts-doubt-on-claims-of-present-day-volcanism-on-venus/", "date": "28 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-28", "headline": "Research casts doubt on claims of present-day volcanism on Venus", "summary": "New analysis co-led by 天美传媒 suggests that recent evidence for active lava flows on Earth\u2019s \u2018sister planet\u2019 may be explained by radar viewing angles rather than eruptions. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Dr Philippa J Mason, Mr Gerard Gallardo i Peres", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Department of Earth Science and Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1770063", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/fossils-of-lightning-could-help-decode-ancient-processes-and-planetary-environments/", "date": "20 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-20", "headline": "\u2018Fossils\u2019 of lightning could help decode ancient processes and planetary environments", "summary": "Tiny glassy particles discovered on a remote rock platform in Western Australia have been identified as the signature of lightning strikes, opening new possibilities for understanding Earth\u2019s deep past and the potential for life on other planets.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Dr Matthew J Genge, Mr Mark R Boyd", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Department of Earth Science and Engineering", "topic": "Engineering, Science", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1760896", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2026/powerful-solar-superstorm-gives-rare-glimpse-into-marss-atmosphere/", "date": "17 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-17", "headline": "Powerful superstorm gives rare glimpse into Mars\u2019s atmosphere", "summary": "A solar superstorm that struck Mars in 2024 has given scientists their most detailed view yet of how the Red Planet responds to extreme space weather.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Ingo C F Mueller-Wodarg", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics, Space and Atmospheric Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1758778", "articleURL": "/news/articles/convergence-science/2026/school-of-convergence-science-celebrates-women-at-imperial-week--/", "date": "11 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-11", "headline": "School of Convergence Science Celebrates Women at Imperial Week ", "summary": "Women at Imperial Week celebrates the achievements of Imperial\u2019s staff, 天美传媒 and alumni while shining a light on the initiatives and support networks that empower women across the university. It also highlights the impact of major institutional programmes such as Imperial\u2019s Science for Humanity strategy. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Natasha Khaleeq, Anissa Alifandi, Annemarie van Basten, Tashiana Langley", "profile": "Professor Marisa Miraldo, Professor Faith Osier, Professor Alessandra M Russo, Professor Julie A McCann, Dr Mirabelle Muuls, Ms Alyssa R Gilbert", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Imperial News", "topic": "Cross-faculty, Business, Engineering, Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Cross-faculty", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Global Health|Health and Technology|Human and artificial intelligence|Space, security and telecommunications|Sustainability|Women At Imperial", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1743044", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/life-sciences/2026/plants-could-sustain-humans-on-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/", "date": "11 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-11", "headline": "Plants could sustain humans on the Moon, Mars and beyond", "summary": "Plants could play a central role in sustaining human life on the Moon, Mars and beyond, according to a new international Viewpoint. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Emily Govan", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Life Sciences", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1738499", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/new-clues-to-marss-habitability-in-discovery-of-ancient-beach/", "date": "26 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-26", "headline": "New clues to Mars\u2019s habitability in discovery of ancient beach", "summary": "New findings from NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that once held a vast lake \u2013 considerably expanding the timeline for potential habitability at this ancient site. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "Professor Sanjeev Gupta, Mr Alex Jones", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Department of Earth Science and Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1737999", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2026/scientists-devise-way-to-track-space-junk-as-it-falls-to-earth/", "date": "22 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-22", "headline": "Scientists devise way to track space junk as it falls to Earth", "summary": "Researchers have devised a new and quicker way to track falling space debris, using existing networks of earthquake-detecting seismometers.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Simon Levey", "profile": "Dr Constantinos Charalambous", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Electrical Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Engineering Resilient And Secure Infrastructure|Space|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1718802", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magnetometer-on-nasas-imap-mission-records-successful-first-light/", "date": "15 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-15", "headline": "Imperial\u2019s magnetometer on NASA\u2019s IMAP Mission records successful \u2018first light\u2019", "summary": "Imperial researchers celebrate a landmark achievement as NASA\u2019s IMAP mission sends back its first data from space. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Timothy S Horbury, Ms Helen L O'Brien", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "International|North America|Research|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1717975", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/physics/2025/imperials-magic-instrument-prepares-for-lunar-gateway-mission-/", "date": "12 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-12", "headline": "Imperial\u2019s MAGIC instrument prepares for Gateway mission ", "summary": "A new experiment, called the European Radiation Sensors Array (ERSA), will carry a Magnetometer built by Imperial physicists to orbit the Moon and monitor space weather.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eleanor Barrand", "profile": "Professor Jonathan Eastwood, Mr Richard Baughen", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences, Physics, Space and Atmospheric Physics", "topic": "Science", "topicLabel": "Science", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Space|Space, security and telecommunications", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1716320", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2025/martian-and-lunar-meteorites-rewrite-the-conditions-for-a-habitable-planet/", "date": "3 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-03", "headline": "Martian and lunar meteorites rewrite the conditions for a habitable planet", "summary": "A study of Mars\u2019s zinc reveals that primitive asteroids were the key source of volatile elements essential for habitability, reframing what we know about how planets acquire life\u2019s components.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Gege Li", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Department of Earth Science and Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Earth Sci And Eng|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1693797", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/earth-science/2025/potential-biosignatures-found-in-ancient-mars-lake/", "date": "10 September 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-09-10", "headline": "'Potential biosignatures' found in ancient Mars lake", "summary": "A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars - and Imperial scientists provided crucial context.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Simon Levey, Gege Li", "profile": "Mr Alex Jones, Dr Robert Barnes, Professor Sanjeev Gupta", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Department of Earth Science and Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Research|Space", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}