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The Oxford Sparks podcast chats with Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation, on why she thinks one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus, could be a prime candidate for life.

Using the new WEAVE instrument developed by Oxford physicists, an international team has discovered bar-shaped cloud of ionised iron at the heart of the Ring Nebula.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

Professor Andrew Bunker has been awarded the Herschel Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society. The medal is awarded for investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics.

Dr Deaglan Bartlett has been awarded the Early Career Award (A) by the Royal Astronomical Society recognising early achievement in astronomy.

Professor Suzanne Aigrain has been awarded the George Darwin Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society.

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart.

A new study co-led by the University of Oxford has found that global aviation emissions could be reduced by 50-75% through combining three strategies to boost efficiency

Researchers at the University of Oxford have joined forces with an international consortium in the delivery of a powerful new astronomical instrument, SOXS (Son of X-Shooter), which has now achieved “first light” at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Associate Professor Alexander Mietke has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics’ Early Career Scientist Prize in Biological Physics 2024 for his groundbreaking insights that harness active matter theory.

Professor Moritz Riede from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford is one of 13 Green Future Fellows to receive landmark funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

As we near the end of the International Year of Quantum, we ask experimental physicist William Cutler to break it down for us...what exactly is quantum computing?