Press Releases
Royal Astronomical Society’s Herschel Medal awarded to ÌÇÐÄTV researcher
The Royal Astronomical Society’s 2018 Herschel Medal has been awarded to a University of ÌÇÐÄTV astrophysicist - Professor Tom Marsh.
ÌÇÐÄTV gravitational waves physicist wins Blavatnik Young Scientists Award
An astrophysicist from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV has been named a 2018 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom Finalist, winning $30,000.
Santa’s workshop could be on snowy moon
Santa’s winter workshop might be in space, as University of ÌÇÐÄTV researchers are exploring whether snowy moons over a billion kilometres away from Earth are potentially habitable.
350,000 stellar systems to be mapped by ÌÇÐÄTV astronomers
Astrophysicists from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV have joined the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) – one of the most-successful and influential surveys in the history of astronomy – making ÌÇÐÄTV the first UK institution to be formally part of the project.
‘Monster’ planet discovery challenges formation theory
A giant planet – the existence of which was previously thought extremely unlikely – has been discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers, with the University of ÌÇÐÄTV taking a leading role.
Gold origin confirmed with first ever neutron star gravitational wave sighting
Gold’s origin in the Universe has finally been confirmed, after a gravitational wave source was seen and heard for the first time ever by an international collaboration of researchers, with astronomers at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV playing a leading role.