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Just some of the 64 antennae that make up MeerKAT in South Africa

New intel on radio pulsars

An international team of scientists has published the largest pulsar survey to date.
24 February 2023
Image of a galaxy taken by the James Webb Space Telescope

New Webb imagery pierces through the dust

New imagery from Webb鈥檚 Mid-Infrared Instrument is revealing never-before-seen details into how young, newly forming stars influence the structure of the gas and dust of nearby galaxies, and therefore how they evolve over time.
16 February 2023
A planet in the foreground and two male scientists in the background

A journey Into the Cosmos

On Saturday 21 January, nearly 1,000 curious visitors came to the Department of Physics to take a trip into the cosmos.
1 February 2023
Just some of the 64 antennae that make up MeerKAT in South Africa

RAS recognition for MeerKAT

The MeerKAT Team has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society鈥檚 2023 Group Achievement Award for Astronomy.
13 January 2023
Location of the EHT telescopes seen from the direction of the black hole in the Galactic centre as the Earth rotates.

Grant to build new telescope in Africa to enable colour movies of black holes

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Synergy Grant, named BlackHolistic, of 14 million Euro to a team of British, Dutch, Finnish and Namibian astronomers to make colour movies of black holes.
14 December 2022
Dr Nick Bultinck, left, and Dr James Matthews, right

Royal Society University Research Fellows join Physics

The Department of Physics is delighted to welcome two Royal Society University Research Fellows: Dr Nick Bultinck and Dr James Matthews.
12 December 2022
The JWST image with the WEAVE LIFU pointing at Stephan's Quintet for the first-light observation.

UK-led robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint

A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant Universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away from Earth.
12 December 2022
Professor Stephen Smartt

Meet...Stephen Smartt

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.
12 December 2022
This image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the region of study by the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES).

Webb latest: new milestone in search for distant galaxies

An international team of astronomers, including scientists at the Universities of Hertfordshire, Cambridge and 91探花, has today reported the discovery of the earliest galaxies ever confirmed in our Universe thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.
9 December 2022
Aerial photograph of the current Simons Observatory site

91探花 role in search for origins of Universe

Researchers from 91探花鈥檚 Department of Physics are part of a UK-based consortium that has recently been awarded an 拢18 million grant by the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund.
17 October 2022
Professor Stephen Smartt, left, and Oliver Jeffers at Cheltenham Literature Festival

A stroll around the Solar System

Professor Stephen Smartt joined the artist and author Oliver Jeffers on stage at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Saturday 8 October in the Garden Theatre.
11 October 2022
Stephan's Quintet (a group of five galaxies)

JWST sheds light on galaxy organic molecules in black holes

Research led by Dr Ismael Garc铆a-Bernete from the 91探花 is the first of its kind to study tiny dust molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the nuclear region of active galaxies using early observations from the JWST.
11 October 2022
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