Our role in the Hinode mission was to lead the team that provided the EIS telescope. A model of which still looms over us in our meeting room:

Happy 20th birthday to the Hinode satellite!

Congratulations to our MSc students who have impressed judges with their space ideas and innovations at this year’s global space challenge “Act in Space 2026”. ucl.ac.uk/enterprise/news/20…

Our latest @MSSL_Planetary graduate Cristian Radulescu passed his PhD viva today. Thesis on 'Heavy ion distribution and influence on the Saturnian magnetosphere', using Cassini data & simulations. Many thanks to examiners David Burgess (QMUL) & Colin Forsyth. Well done Cristian!

New research presented in 12 publications shows for the first time how gas evolves in planet-forming discs, influencing how planets form. Co-authors include our very own Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Anibal Sierra Morales! ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jun/live…

Our Green Impact Team's initiative to create a new orchard makes the news as coverage of over 700,000 trees planted in Surrey bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9e…

Our space lab will be featuring in the BBC Two programme Great British Railway Journeys tonight at 6:30! Or on iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…

Wednesday this week, the MSSL EDI committee gave a great presentation to introduce themselves and present the very encouraging results from the recent lab EDI survey

At the Mullard Space Science Laboratory we are proud to have played a key role in the development of Gaia's Radial Velocity Spectrometer, which reveals the speed at which stars are moving towards or away from us. The mission may have ended, but more data will be released!

All set up and ready to discuss our space science, engineering and teaching at Farnborough International Space Show!

Here are some of the amazing women who work at MSSL! Today we celebrated International Women's Day with some tea and cake, and flowers

Since 2001 MSSL has had a significant role in the Gaia Mission. Although science observations have ended, data will still be processed & released. Congratulations Gaia! esa.int/Science_Exploration/…

Congratulations to Dr. Paola Pinilla, who has been awarded the @RoyaAstroSoc Price Award for her world-leading work on protoplanetary disks - the gas and dust around young stars where planets are born ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/ucl-…

Applications are now open for our MSc and Masters Degree Apprenticeship programmes starting in 2025.

Congratulations to the UK Cluster team for their Sir Arthur Clarke award given for their major role in the multi-spacecraft mission (that produced 1000s of papers), leading 3 of the 11 instruments & hosting the Science Operations Centre. Photo: Natasha & Andrew from @MSSLSpaceLab

@MSSLSpaceLab's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) committee hosted the first "Unjournal" Club of the new academic year, bringing together students & staff to chat about diverse topics related or unrelated to work over coffee & cake

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Friske, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on "chemical evolution modelling of the nuclear stellar disc and its implications". Well done Jenny!

We had a busy summer this year! Including running a new Space School in London for secondary students. Find out about the partnership: staracademies.org/news-story…

The first of the four Cluster spacecraft is on track to reenter tomorrow. After an incredible 24 years service!