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University of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

It is with great sadness that we learned Emeritus Professor Donald Perkins CBE, FRS died on 30 October in Oxford.

World-class vacuum deposition capabilities to develop next-gen advanced functional materials

Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences have contributed to a highly detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite which fell to Earth last year.

The University of Oxford has successfully renewed its membership of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years.

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

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

A new analysis led by Oxford University researchers has shown the devastating Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption in January 2022 created the tallest volcanic plume ever recorded.

University funding launches the Collaborative Engagement Network in Physics

The John Adams Institute, part of the Department of Physics, is one of the beneficiaries of a major award from the Science and Technology Facilities Council to support the participation of UK institutions in CERN's AWAKE experiment.

Following two large meteorite impacts on Mars, near-surface seismic waves have been recorded for the first time on a planet other than Earth.

The Department of Physics and Mathematical Institute will benefit from STFC's £20 million investment in theoretical physics.