What Can an Asteroid Tell Us About an Ocean World? Lessons from Dinkinesh for Europa
YouTube Thank you to UNSW Astrophysics for hosting me for this seminar talk on 7 January 2026! Please join us for the first AstroSeminar of 2026. We’ll be hearing from familiar face Duncan Lyster who is now a PhD candidate at Oxford.
Jan 7, 2026
Hall members support NASA mission encounter with asteroid
Article Middle Common Room Vice-President Duncan Lyster and Tutorial Fellow Professor Carly Howett recently supported the Lucy mission’s encounter of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson in Boulder, USA.
May 13, 2025
BBC News: NASA mission's out of this world for PhD student
Article A few years ago, Duncan Lyster was studying physics at school in a market town in rural Herefordshire. Today, he is in the US, working on a NASA mission to uncover the ancient secrets of the solar system.
Apr 26, 2025
Meet... Duncan Lyster
Article Quick-fire interview with Duncan Lyster about his DPhil research in planetary physics, working on thermal models for asteroids and icy moons, and his upcoming work with the NASA Lucy Mission team.
Mar 4, 2025