The Ballroom in Cheltenham hosts Professor Richard B Hoover

The Ballroom Indian restaurant in Cheltenham’s Montpellier was the venue for a special dinner hosted by Dr Holley Martlew for guest of honour NASA scientist Professor Richard B Hoover.

Guests listened to Prof Hoover – a Professor of the Russian Academy of Science, Inventor of the Year for the water-window X-ray microscope, and American Optical Society gold medal-winner – talk about his ground-breaking research into diatoms and how they have been found in meteorites, and may be the building blocks of life on Earth or any other planet.

Great British Life: Guest of honor Prof Richard B Hoover with illustrations of diatomsGuest of honor Prof Richard B Hoover with illustrations of diatoms (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Andy Toohig and Liz PerryAndy Toohig and Liz Perry (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Ian and Anita DavidsonIan and Anita Davidson (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Mondo Guidetti and Richard WoolleyMondo Guidetti and Richard Woolley (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Tony and Helen NewmanTony and Helen Newman (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Tony and Helen NewmanTony and Helen Newman (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Rosemary and Graham ThorntonRosemary and Graham Thornton (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Dr Richard and Clair HaymanDr Richard and Clair Hayman (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Dr Richard and Clair HaymanDr Richard and Clair Hayman (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Guest of honor Prof Richard B Hoover with illustrations of diatomsGuest of honor Prof Richard B Hoover with illustrations of diatoms (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Great British Life: Guest of honor Prof Richard B Hoover with illustrations of diatomsGuest of honor Prof Richard B Hoover with illustrations of diatoms (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

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