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Professor Alex Schekochihin

Professor Schekochihin appointed Simons Investigator

Professor Alex Schekochihin has been appointed Simons Investigator in Astrophysics by the Simons Foundation, New York.
20 June 2022
Artist impression of the 76s pulsar (in magenta) compared to other more rapidly spinning sources.

Strange neutron star discovered in stellar graveyard

An international team of scientists, including Professor Rob Fender, Dr Ian Heywood and Dr Jakob van den Eijnden from the University of Oxford, have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly.
30 May 2022
Image of an ultraluminous infrared galaxy taken  by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the revived Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).

New insight into ultra-luminous infrared galaxies

As part of a wider collaboration, Professor Dimitra Rigopoulou and her group have used a new method to find out more about a highly star-forming class of galaxies in the Universe.
26 May 2022
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.
19 May 2022
Dr Becky Smethurst

Celebrating Astronomy Day

Astrophysicist, Dr Becky Smethurst, talks all things astronomy to celebrate Astronomy Day, 7 May 2022.
7 May 2022
Aerial view of the SKAO GHQ, Jodrell Bank, at sunrise

Oxford to work on world's largest radio telescope

A team from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of two from Oxford who will work on the crucial software and computer hardware for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), the world's largest radio telescope.
11 April 2022
Illustration of a swarm of smaller black holes in a gas disk rotating around a giant black hole

Black hole billiards in the centres of galaxies

Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date by gravitational waves also seemed to merge on a non-circular orbit.
9 March 2022
Graphic showing winds from a neutron star

Warm winds witnessed in neutron star first

Using the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in space, a team of astronomers has found for the first time, blasts of hot, warm and cold winds from a neutron star while it consumes matter from a nearby star.
2 March 2022
Image of the Milky Way from the MeerKAT telescope

Brand new insight into Milky Way centre

An international team of researchers, led by Dr Ian Heywood from the Department of Physics, has produced a new radio image of the centre of our Galaxy using the South African MeerKAT telescope, the most powerful of its kind in the world.
26 January 2022
Tim Lichtenberg

Dr Tim Lichtenberg recognised by RAS

Dr Tim Lichtenberg has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Winton Award for Early Achievement in Geophysics for his work on understanding the growth and long-term evolution of rocky planets.
14 January 2022
Dr Becky Smethurst

Dr Becky Smethurst recognised by RAS

Dr Becky Smethurst has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s 2022 Winton Award for Astronomy.
14 January 2022
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
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