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Researchers are seeking answers to some of the most elusive questions in fundamental physics at a brand-new experimental facility based at Cardiff University.

As India grapples once again with unprecedented summer temperatures, a project led by the University of Southampton in the UK is prioritising which areas of a major Indian city need 'cooling' green space. Extreme heat, with temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius, has already hit parts of India this year.

On April 8, 2024, a remarkable natural phenomenon will captivate the world - a total solar eclipse.

A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration involving UCL's Dr Ziri Younsi has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen in polarised light for the first time, this new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy has revealed a magnetic field structure strikingly similar to that of the black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy, suggesting that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes.

Scientists from the University of Southampton are using space technology to tackle infection control in hospitals - and help them cut their carbon emissions.

Jupiter's icy moon Europa has long been thought of as one of the most habitable worlds in the Solar System, but as Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics) writes in The Conversation, new atmosphere samples have raised questions over its potential to sustain life.

An international team of astronomers including UCL's Professor Mike Barlow has discovered the first conclusive evidence that a neutron star exists at the centre of Supernova 1987A, a star explosion observed 37 years ago. Supernovae are the spectacular end result of the collapse of stars more massive than 8-10 times the mass of the sun.

An instrument built by Imperial physicists is on its way to be fitted onto NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft.

Reflectors placed in orbit around the Earth which reflect sunlight towards future solar power farms at dawn and dusk could help accelerate the transition to net-zero, researchers say. Space engineers from the University of Glasgow have published new research showing how kilometre-wide orbiting reflectors could boost the output of future large-scale solar farms by reflecting additional sunlight towards them even after the sun has set.

A mission to send the first gravitational wave detector into space has surpassed a major milestone - and two University of Southampton mathematical physicists played important roles in getting it there. The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission has been approved by the European Space Agency (ESA) to advance to the construction phase.

LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, has passed a major review: the entire concept - from the definition of the overall mission and operations to the space hardware to be built - stood up to the intense scrutiny of ESA's reviewers.

The Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester has been at the forefront of many exciting discoveries and achievements in 2023. Here we round-up just some of the great stories from this year. January: Mapping the galaxy The year started with a bang as after almost a decade of observations, a team of astronomers from The University of Manchester and other institutions around the world presented the most accurate description to date of the polarization of the Milky Way's emission in the microwave range.

· Scientists are developing an experiment to test whether gravity is quantum · In quantum mechanics, which describes the behaviour of atoms and molecules -objects behave differently to everything we k

Scientists at UCL are helping to develop an experiment to test whether gravity is quantum - one of the deepest questions about our universe.

University of Southampton researchers are set to play a key role in developing the next generation of gravitational wave detectors, which could help astronomers probe the furthest reaches of the cosmos.

Researchers from UK universities are set to play a key role in developing the next generation of gravitational wave detectors, which could help astronomers probe the furthest reaches of the cosmos.

Warwick Astronomer investigates binary star systems to further our understanding of the universe An astronomer from the University of Warwick is to investigate an intriguing type of star system to help drive our understanding of the expanding universe. Dr Ingrid Pelisoli, has received a £1.2 million grant from the Royal Society to pursue her research, which will be analysing binary star systems.

Dr Martin Archer has won a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to work with Eutelsat OneWeb on a project using their satellites to monitor space weather.

Show all news items A rare star system with six exoplanets has been discovered with an architecture unchanged for billions of years. The star, HD110067, that is 100 light-years away in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices, has been perplexing researchers for years. Now scientists, including those at the University of Warwick, have revealed the true architecture of this unusual system using NASA and ESA spacecrafts.

UCL researchers will play a role in building a new instrument on the Rosalind Franklin rover, replacing Russian-made components, so that the Mars mission can launch in 2028.

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a talk to discuss pandemic learnings, to a new way to identify the sex of pest species, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Pandemic learnings Professor Paul Kellam , in the Department of Infectious Disease , discussed lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in preparing for future health crises at the ScienceBusiness conference on health innovation and the future of medicines development in Brussels this week.

For the first time, an international group of astronomers have seen the heat glow of two giant ice planets colliding, and the resultant dust cloud move in front of the parent star several years later. The star ASASSN-21qj - named after the network of telescopes that first detected the fading of the star at visible wavelengths - was then studied intensively by a network of amateur and professional astronomers including those at The University of Warwick, who monitored the changes in the star's brightness over the next two years.

A landmark space telescope mission will use Cardiff University technology and expertise to find out more about the earliest stages of the Universe and how it was created over 13.7 billion years ago. The Lite satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection (LiteBIRD) mission will analyse the dying embers left over from the Big Bang, to test the current theory of how our Universe expanded immediately after it was formed.

A landmark mission involving UCL researchers aims to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.

Croydon High School for Girls Astrogazers club completes 'Mission Aspiration' launches with help from the University of Bath, encouraging STEM participation.