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The LZ central detector in the clean room at Sanford Lab after assembly, before beginning its journey underground

All systems go for dark matter detector LUX-ZEPLIN

The world’s largest and most sensitive dark matter experiment has come to life and is delivering results, moving a step closer to offering clues about one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe.

Graphic to represent tracing movement of galaxies back in time.

Cutting-edge maths turns back time in our universe

An international team of researchers including Dr Sebastian von Hausegger, used insights from physics, mathematics, and computer science to create a novel method that traces the movement of galaxies back in time.

Professor Pedro Ferreira

Professor Ferreira recognised by RAS

Professor Pedro Gil Ferreira has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s 2022 Gerald Whitrow Lecture in Astronomy.

14 January 2022

LUX-ZEPLIN surface lab

Leading xenon researchers unite to build next-generation dark matter detector

The XENON/DARWIN and LUX-ZEPLIN collaborations have now joined forces to work together on the design, construction, and operation of a new, single, multi-tonne scale xenon observatory to explore dark matter.

Image of gamma-ray burst taken by HESS

Oxford astronomers in front-row view of exceptional cosmic explosion

An international team of scientists including astronomers from the University of Oxford have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe.

The IceCube Laboratory at the South Pole and the aurora australis

IceCube detection of ‘Glashow resonance’ proves 60-year-old theory

'Glashow resonance' event observed in IceCube Neutrino Observatory.