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Professor Jayne Birkby from the Department of Physics at Oxford is one of five outstanding physicists to be recognised by the 2021 Philip Leverhulme Prize.

The Universities of Namibia and Oxford delivered a brand new online course over the summer: introduction to astronomy and astrotourism.

Researchers led by Dr Alex Cameron from the University of Oxford and Professor Deanne Fisher from the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) have found evidence to suggest that star-making pollutes the cosmos.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s prestigious Copley Medal.

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

After ten years of planning, design and construction, final preparations are underway for a brand new all-seeing instrument to be switched on at the William Herschel Telescope: a pioneering eye on the sky for the northern hemisphere.

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

Dr Harley Katz, Beecroft Fellow in Cosmology, comments on the latest exciting evidence pin

The Department of Physics has been recognised in the University of Oxford’s annual Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards: Ramy Aboushelbaya won the Early Career Impact Award while Peter Hatfield won the Public Engagement with Research award..

Scientists at the University of Oxford have discovered that classical nova explosions are accompanied by the ejection of jets of oppositely-directed hot gas and plasma, and that this persists for years following the nova eruption.

Planet Hunters TESS, a citizen science project led by a team at the University of Oxford and hosted by the Zooniverse platform, has discovered a two-planet system around a nearby star.

More than 170 visitors took a trip around the solar system - in Oxford University Parks!