Dr Simeon Barber, a researcher from the Open University worked on the device, called the ‘Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer’, which will be packed aboard the Peregrine Mission One rocket, built by US space company Astrobiotic.
The instrument will be attached to a static lander headed for the equator, where it aims to analyse molecules from the atmosphere.
Dr Barber tells Tech & Science Daily how the device itself works, and what he hopes the mission will achieve.
New images of Neptune and Uranus have revealed the planets’ true colours.
Until now most people thought of Neptune as being a rich blue colour, and Uranus more green, but a study by University of Oxford researchers suggests both planets are a similar shade of greenish blue.
They said early images of Neptune from Voyager 2 were strongly contrast enhanced to better reveal clouds, bands, and winds on the planet, but those alterations made it look artificially too blue.
Across the UK more than 300 flood warnings were issued after heavy rain on Thursday.
Around 50 people had to be led to safety by firefighters overnight after a canal burst its banks in Hackney Wick causing floods in an area of around 10 acres.
In Nottinghamshire, residents on an estate of static caravans had to be evacuated due to rising water levels in the river trent, and the Environment Agency’s flood director, said the Trent was at “some of the highest levels we’ve seen in 24 years”.
It’s thought strong winds and rain from Storm Henk earlier in the week left the ground saturated and more prone to flooding.
People who have created their own, more specialised, versions of ChatGPT will be able to make money from them next week.
OpenAI, who own ChatGPT, are allegedly set to launch their store for custom AI agents which are based on their large language models.
Those who have signed up as ‘GPT builders’ received an email inviting them to add their custom GTPs to the store, and some have shared the email online.
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Tesla and Samsung team up to offer smart home collab, ChatGPT could soon replace your Google Assistant on Android phone, and how to turn your iPhone into a Blackberry.
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