• Twinkle – A Mission to Unravel the Story of Planets in Our Galaxy

     

    Twinkle is a small, low-cost mission that will use spectroscopy to decode the light from hundreds of extrasolar planets. Twinkle will be able to reveal, for the first time, the chemical composition, weather and history of worlds orbiting distant stars. The Twinkle satellite will be built in the UK and launched into a low-Earth orbit within 3 to 4 years, using a platform designed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and instrumentation led by UCL.

    Opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate ORBYTS tutors
    Want to help create scientific knowledge and work with a space mission while gaining teaching experience and being paid? We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduate and post-graduate physicists to be assistant tutors or tutors for our ORBYTS programme to characterise exoplanetary atmospheres. Find out more on the ORBYTS site.

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    @twinkle_mission