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

An international team of astronomers, including scientists at the Universities of Hertfordshire, Cambridge and Oxford, has today reported the discovery of the earliest galaxies ever confirmed in our Universe thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Physics are part of a UK-based consortium that has recently been awarded an £18 million grant by the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund.

Professor Stephen Smartt joined the artist and author Oliver Jeffers on stage at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Saturday 8 October in the Garden Theatre.

Research led by Dr Ismael García-Bernete from the University of Oxford is the first of its kind to study tiny dust molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the nuclear region of active galaxies using early observations from the JWST.

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

The Department of Physics is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Stephen Smartt CBE FRS as Philip Wetton Chair of Astrophysics.

Professor Matt Jarvis has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant designed to support excellent scientists who are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements.

An international group of researchers, including Dr Gareth Jones from Oxford’s Department of Physics, has put forward an alternative theory to the creation of a class of bright, massive galaxies in the early Universe

Professor Andy Bunker gives a potted history of the JWST and shares his excitement for a revolution in observational astronomy

The latest addition to the William Herschel Telescope will be able to survey 1,000 stars per hour revealing how our galaxy formed in unprecedented detail.

Professor Alex Schekochihin has been appointed Simons Investigator in Astrophysics by the Simons Foundation, New York.