Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Meet...Martha Buckley We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 November 2022 Tonga volcano had highest plume ever recorded 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. 4 November 2022 Meteorite impacts reveal new insights into Mars Following two large meteorite impacts on Mars, near-surface seismic waves have been recorded for the first time on a planet other than Earth. 28 October 2022 Analysis of shipping emissions reveals a larger effect of air pollution on climate than previously thought Findings from two separate research papers analysing ship tracks indicate that air pollution has a larger effect on climate than previously thought. 5 October 2022 Meet...Alyson Douglas We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 September 2022 JWST detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first definitive detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system. 25 August 2022 Professor Pierrehumbert awarded Rumford Medal Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert has been awarded the Royal Society’s Rumford Medal 2022 for outstanding contributions in the field of physics. 24 August 2022 Meet...Andrew Williams We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 11 August 2022 Understanding absorbing aerosol Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Physics have a new understanding of how the mysterious ‘absorbing aerosol’ can change the climate. The research, led by Andrew Williams and Professor Philip Stier, is published in today in Nature Climate Change. 21 July 2022 Physicists monitor 'unique' submarine volcano eruption A multi-institutional international team of researchers combined extensive satellite data with ground-level observations to show that the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was unique 30 June 2022 Commentary: Professor Neil Bowles on Comet Interceptor As the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission moves from design phase to implementation, Professor Neil Bowles gives an insight into what it’s like to be part of an ambitious, global initiative. 9 June 2022 Comet chaser mission one step closer to launch A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone, moving from the design phase to implementation. 8 June 2022 Load More
Meet...Martha Buckley We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 November 2022
Tonga volcano had highest plume ever recorded 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. 4 November 2022
Meteorite impacts reveal new insights into Mars Following two large meteorite impacts on Mars, near-surface seismic waves have been recorded for the first time on a planet other than Earth. 28 October 2022
Analysis of shipping emissions reveals a larger effect of air pollution on climate than previously thought Findings from two separate research papers analysing ship tracks indicate that air pollution has a larger effect on climate than previously thought. 5 October 2022
Meet...Alyson Douglas We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 8 September 2022
JWST detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first definitive detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system. 25 August 2022
Professor Pierrehumbert awarded Rumford Medal Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert has been awarded the Royal Society’s Rumford Medal 2022 for outstanding contributions in the field of physics. 24 August 2022
Meet...Andrew Williams We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 11 August 2022
Understanding absorbing aerosol Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Physics have a new understanding of how the mysterious ‘absorbing aerosol’ can change the climate. The research, led by Andrew Williams and Professor Philip Stier, is published in today in Nature Climate Change. 21 July 2022
Physicists monitor 'unique' submarine volcano eruption A multi-institutional international team of researchers combined extensive satellite data with ground-level observations to show that the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was unique 30 June 2022
Commentary: Professor Neil Bowles on Comet Interceptor As the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission moves from design phase to implementation, Professor Neil Bowles gives an insight into what it’s like to be part of an ambitious, global initiative. 9 June 2022
Comet chaser mission one step closer to launch A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time has reached a major milestone, moving from the design phase to implementation. 8 June 2022