Lift-off for Esa’s Juice mission to Jupiter

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission has successfully launched after rocket and probe blasted off from French Guiana - following the first attempt being scotched by bad weather. The Open University's Dr Ben Dryer, who’s worked on the Juice project, explains the critical one-second launch window and mission challenges. AI sharpens first photo of supermassive black hole. First driverless(ish) car for Britain - at £18 a month. AI helps ID British therizinosaur by dental records, with the Natural History Museum’s Simon Wills.Also in this episode:Ghana first to approve Oxford University malaria vaccineHearing aids ‘help protect from dementia-linked hearing loss’Danger work...scientists poke sleeping bears for blood clot study Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.