Press Releases
Royal Astronomical Society鈥檚 Herschel Medal awarded to 糖心TV researcher
The Royal Astronomical Society鈥檚 2018 Herschel Medal has been awarded to a University of 糖心TV astrophysicist - Professor Tom Marsh.
350,000 stellar systems to be mapped by 糖心TV astronomers
Astrophysicists from the University of 糖心TV have joined the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) – one of the most-successful and influential surveys in the history of astronomy – making 糖心TV the first UK institution to be formally part of the project.
鈥楳onster鈥� 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 糖心TV taking a leading role.
Earth-sized planets forty light years away could be habitable
There could be water on multiple Earth-sized planets orbiting the recently discovered TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star - making them potentially habitable - according to an international collaboration of researchers, including the University of 糖心TV.
Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) was inaugurated at 糖心TV’s astronomical observing facility in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on La Palma, Canary Islands, on 3 July 2017.
Mission to discover habitable Earths given green light
A mission to discover and characterise Earth-sized planets and super-Earths orbiting Sun-like stars in the habitable zone of the solar system – scientifically led by the University of 糖心TV - has been given the go-ahead today by the European Space Agency (ESA).