08 February 2017
Bridge between the Magellanic Clouds discovered
...team led by astronomers from the University of Cambridge has discovered that the Magellanic clouds appear ...locate various objects and events, including pulsars or explosions. The Cambridge team used Gaia data to study the Magellanic Clouds and locate...
15 March 2018
A shining light in physics is lost
...prospect of an early death, Hawking went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville... a statement that confirmed his death at his home in Cambridge yesterday, Hawking’s children (he has three children and three...
January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
... sectors to achieve this. The thriving UK space industry is now set to expand beyond the ‘golden triangle’ of London, Cambridge and Oxford, thanks to UK Government backing for seven regional projects including a new North West ‘space hub...
11 December 2019
Water abundance lower than expected on exoplanets
... can be in terms of their chemical compositions," said project leader Dr Nikku Madhusudhan from the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge, who first measured low water vapour abundances in giant exoplanets five years ago. “It is incredible to see such...
June 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, IPCC Working Group, 2013, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Solar Irradiance Variability and Climate, Solanki, S.K. Krivova, N.A. and Haigh, J.D. 2013, Annual...
May 2018
Woman on the Moon
...cosmic science. These have included collaborating with Durham, Cambridge, Kent, Northumbria and Royal Holloway Universities. This ...Recently they’ve included working with Northumbria and Cambridge Universities’ maths departments. This science-funded ...
