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Astronomers have been able to peer back to the young Universe to determine how quasars - powered by supermassive black holes with the mass of a billion suns - form and shape the evolution of galaxies.

Sussex physicists inspired star-studded Broadway play Hollywood heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal is making his Broadway debut in a play partly inspired by University of Sussex physicists.

Splash form tektites are tiny pieces of natural glass created out of spinning drops of molten rock flung from the earth during an extra-terrestrial impact — when the earth is hit by asteroids or comets.

The private and government-backed UK space sector is set to quadruple in size by 2030 and Imperial Space Lab is aiming to get in on the action.

A national obsession with balloon flight has left a surprising mark on English literature from the late eighteenth century, according to an Oxford University academic.

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New research into an Icelandic eruption has shed light on how the Earth's crust forms, according to a paper published today in Nature. When the Bárðarbunga volcano, which is buried beneath Iceland’s Vatnajökull ice cap, reawakened in August 2014, scientists had a rare opportunity to monitor how the magma flowed through cracks in the rock away from the volcano.

Curiosity rover reveals the role played by large lakes in forming Martian mountain. In 2012, NASA landed a robotic vehicle called Curiosity on Mars, in a crater 96 miles in diameter, dubbed Gale Crater. The vehicle has since been driving around and gathering data that is helping researchers to learn more about Mars' past habitability.

Dr Matt Taylor, Imperial alumnus and European Space Agency Project Scientist, discusses his experience of guiding the Rosetta spacecraft to comet 67P.

Our structure (research) Impact of our research Postgraduate research 27 Nov 2014 Computer Scientists from The University of Manchester have boosted NASA space missions by pioneering a global project to develop programs that efficiently test and control NASA spacecraft.

A team of scientists hope to trace the origins of gamma-ray bursts with the aid of giant space 'microphones'. Researchers at Cardiff University are trying to work out the possible sounds scientists might expect to hear when the ultra-sensitive LIGO and Virgo detectors are switched on in 2015. It's hoped the kilometre-scale microphones will detect gravitational waves created by black holes, and shed light on the origins of the Universe.

Scientists from the University of Glasgow have pledged their support to the Lunar Mission One project.

The Imperial-designed plasma sensor on board the Rosetta spacecraft is preparing to measure heightened activity of comet 67P as it approaches the Sun.

A "once-in-a-lifetime" chance to watch a comet flying close to Mars gave a unique insight into the effect of such a near miss on a planet's atmosphere, according to a University of Leeds academic. Professor John Plane, a member of the Atmospheric and Planetary Chemistry group in the University's Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences , collaborated in the analysis and interpretation of observations made with NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring’s flyby on October 19.

An Imperial scientist who is leading missions to Saturn and Jupiter has been awarded a prestigious Research Professorship by the Royal Society.

A comet-chasing mission, space vehicle design, space weather and more were all on show at Imperial's SpaceLab2014.

TEDx is a programme of public events to help communities share ideas Scientists at the University of Liverpool have taken part in TEDx, a programme of public events designed to help communities discuss and share ideas on a variety of topics.

UCL presents an evening of space exploration at Stratford Picture House to mark the upcoming release of Christopher Nolan's new sci-fi blockbuster Interstellar .

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Cassini spacecraft received the equivalent of a 200 volt electric shock from the electrostatically charged surface of Saturn's moon, Hyperion, confirming that objects in the outer Solar System can have charged surfaces, according to UCL research. The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters , reports that Cassini was briefly magnetically connected to the surface of Hyperion, allowing it to be caught by a beam of electrons coming from the moon's surface.

Could you explain the long and complicated story of our universe using only the most common thousand words in the English language? Sounds like an almost impossible task, but in his first book 'The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is' , Dr Roberto Trotta does exactly that.

Oxford University is celebrating six years of its free iTunes U channel and reaching 23 million downloads and over 6,000 episodes by launching a new science podcast series tackling questions including the origins of the Universe and human life.

An international team of astronomers has found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. This is the brightest pulsar - a dense stellar remnant left over from a supernova explosion - ever recorded. The true nature of ULXs has remained hidden since their discovery about 20 years ago Andy Fabian "You might think of this pulsar as the 'Mighty Mouse' of stellar remnants," said Fiona Harrison of the California Institute of Technology.

06 Oct 2014 A new TV programme shows Brian Cox tackling the most profound questions we have ever asked on Tuesday, 7 October at 9pm on BBC2 In the first episode, Professor Brian Cox discovers how the

What is inside Mars? Professor Tom Pike discusses 2016 NASA mission to Mars and how he plans to measure 'Marsquakes'.

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Home > News > News releases > University launches world's first photographs taken with telescope made by 3D printing The University of Sheffield has released the very first photos of space ever taken with a telescope that has been made using a 3D printer.

Royal Society fellowship brings particle physicist to Sussex A particle physics researcher will be joining the University of Sussex in October as one of just nine new Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows appointed by the Royal Society. The Society's prestigious Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme is designed to help outstanding scientists and engineers at an early stage of their career to progress to permanent academic positions.

While scanning the sky to measure the positions and movements of stars in our Galaxy, Gaia has discovered its first stellar explosion in another galaxy far, far away. As Gaia goes back to each patch of the sky over and over, we have a chance to spot thousands of 'guest stars' on the celestial tapestry Simon Hodgkin This powerful event, now named Gaia14aaa, took place in a distant galaxy some 500 million light-years away, and was revealed via a sudden rise in the galaxy's brightness between two Gaia observations separated by one month.

Professor Tom Pike discusses the next NASA missions to Mars and the technology he will be developing to equip them, in an audio.

UCL scientists are set to continue investigations into why expansion of the universe is speeding up, having already secured high quality early data. On 15th August, with its successful first season behind it, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration, which includes over a dozen researchers from UCL's Astrophysics Group (within Physics & Astronomy), began its second year of mapping the southern sky in unprecedented detail.

A group of secondary school students have designed their own space missions during a new week-long work experience programme at the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL).

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured an extreme and rare event in the regions immediately surrounding a supermassive black hole.

A national obsession with hot air balloons has left a surprising mark on English literature from the late eighteenth century, according to an Oxford University academic.

A national obsession with balloon flight has left a surprising mark on English literature from the late eighteenth century, according to an Oxford University academic.

On Wednesday 6 August, a spacecraft will make history as it goes into orbit around a comet. Rosetta will be the first spacecraft to meet a comet and accompany its orbit around the sun, before landing a probe on the comet's surface.

Press release issued: 1 August 2014 Solar 'super-storms' pose a catastrophic and long-lasting threat to life on Earth if they continue to go unnoticed, a space expert has warned.

Before the Hubble telescope, Victorian scientists used pencil and paper to record their observations of the stars.

29 Jul 2014 A ground breaking new book that brings together two of the major disciplines behind Jurassic Park is aiming to raise the profile of insect fossils through stunning photographs and unique illustrations.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue. Astronomers create precision map to calculate amount of dark matter in far off galaxy cluster Astronomers have produced the most precise map yet of mass within a distant galaxy cluster allowing them to accurately calculate the amount of dark matter within the galaxy system.

A conference marking 50 years since the discovery of CP violation, a tiny difference between matter and antimatter that is vital for our existence, was held at Queen Mary University of London on 10-11 July.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue. Interactive dark matter could explain Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies Scientists believe they have found a way to explain why there are not as many galaxies orbiting the Milky Way as expected.