Tom Whyntie discusses whether our clocks should be tethered to the rotation of the Earth. (Extract 3 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 29 February 2012)

Dr Tom Pike explains why his data cast doubt on the possibility of life having existed on the Martian surface, but Professor Mark Sephton hasn't given up the search.

Imperial physicist Professor Steve Warren talks about amazing power of Euclid to capture maps of the sky, and discusses what we can learn about dark matter and the early universe by measuring light with its deep-space camera

Imperial physicists Professor Tim Horbury and Helen O'Brien show off their prototype kit for the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission and explain why it won't be possible to send a manned mission to the sun just yet

Imperial alumnus Chris Riley describes his experience producing a BBC documentary about the last space shuttle flight.

Professor Andre Balogh recalls his involvement in the Ulysses mission, whose launch was postponed following the Challenger disaster in 1986.

Professor Tejinder Virdee talks about the CMS experiment currently being conducted at CERN

Gareth Mitchell, Sam Wong and Simon Levey discuss recent news from Imperial.

The Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees ponders if there is widespread life in the cosmos, amongst other big theories.

Imperial academics tell how it feels to have asteroids named after them.

Phil Bland on what his special delivery tells us about the Solar System's early days.

Bringing comet dust from NASA's Stardust mission to Imperial's labs.

Interview with Randall Perry on rocks on Mars and what they could tell us about life on Earth.

Professor Michele Dougherty on the Cassini mission to Saturn and its moons.

Professor David Clements gives us the cosmic low-down on the first results from the Planck satellite, including the discovery of the largest galaxy clusters ever found in the universe

Phil Bland explains how cameras in the Australian outback are catching falling stars (with a little help from local farmers)

Dr Dave Clements, from the Department of Physics at Imperial, explains what this new image from the Planck mission shows

Dr Dave Clements, from the Department of Physics at Imperial, explains what this new image from the Planck mission shows

Dr Dave Clements, from the Department of Physics at Imperial, explains what this new image from the Planck mission shows

Dr Gareth Collins from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering talks about an ancient asteroid impact

Dr Joanna Morgan from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering talks about the day the dinosaurs became extinct.

Imperial physics professors Tejinder Virdee and Geoff Hall talk about the aims of the CMS experiment, their first set of results and their future hopes for the research.

Students who are studying Industrial Design Engineering create plans for new space hotel

Astrophysics group launch new series called 'The Big Questions' starting off with the Big Bang

Students design pilotless plane to replace satellites