As part of Space Week, Prof Mark McCaughrean, the Senior Science Advisor in the Directorate of Science at the European Space Agency (ESA), spoke in Trinity last night about the Rosetta space mission. The mission came to a dramatic conclusion last week when the Rosetta probe crash-landed on its target comet, having travelled more than 6 billion kilometres in space over the last 12 years. After a slow start and a last-minute venue change due to technical difficulties his talk, “To Catch a Comet”, began with a discussion of why space travel is so imperative for humans. Comets, along with other kinds of astronomic material, … Continue reading Learning How to Catch a Comet, as Trinity Celebrates Space Week