Associate Professor Ariadna Calcines Rosario at Durham's Centre for Advanced Instrumentation has been awarded WeAreTechWomen’s TechWomen100 Awards 2026 from 1300 candidates.

Professor James Osborn and Ged Matthews discuss free-space optical communications, and humanity's history with light for Victory Over the Sun's inaugural exhibition catalogue for The Light, Durham UK.

It’s disappointing that the UK’s new defence investment plan is unclear on its long-term plan for space, write Dr Bleddyn Bowen, in our School of Government and International Affairs/Durham University Space Research Centre, and Postgraduate Researcher Scott Mackie.

Ged Matthews on balancing the excitement of Artemis II with rising global tensions.

Ged Matthews discusses the idea of space-place-making, where space growth is brought to civic infrastructure from beyond just research institutes and industrial parks. He brought this idea to the Space-Comm Expo Europe in London this year with colleagues from across the North East to discuss the idea with cluster leaders across the space sector.

Durham University Space Research Centre (SPARC) travelled to Florida in January to strengthen international relationships and explore new opportunities for collaboration in sustainable space research and innovation.

Our ‘Spotlight on’ series celebrates the work of our leading academics. Professor Atanu Chaudhuri pioneers research into sustainable operations and supply changes, both on Earth and in space.

Professor James Osborn has published a new article exploring how the rapid transformation of the global space sector is reshaping economies, governance and security. Titled The Final Frontier: The Rise and Risks of the Modern Space Sector, the piece appears in The Perth Dialogue, published by the Forrest Research Foundation.

Ged Matthews reflects on the success of space-place-making in the North East, and the collaboration of the Light Years programme with local creatives, scientists, and the public, with a particular highlight being the art installation on asteroid mining with the Durham Miners' Gala and the beginning of public conversations on space-based defence.

Our research has informed a new Parliamentary report on how the UK can strengthen its position in the global space sector.

The UK Space Agency has become part of the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Associate Professor in Astropolitics and Space Warfare, in our School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), looks at what this might mean.

During a recent visit, Professor Mike Bentley and Professor James Osborn met with Australian and New Zealand partners to develop research collaborations in Antarctic research and Space and Satellite applications.