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 Smartt learning Professor Stephen Smartt from the Department of Physics has collaborated with renowned author and illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, to produce a suite of learning resources to challenge kids to think about life, earth and the universe in a whole new way. 5 July 2023 Successful launch for Euclid The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday 1 July 2023 3 July 2023 New instruments to improve understanding of universe A team at Oxford are leading an international consortium to develop the Extremely Large Telescope's first light spectroscopic facility instrument known as HARMONI. 29 June 2023 Professor Lintott appointed Gresham Professor Professor Chris Lintott has been appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy, one of the college’s ten professorships that are filled by leaders and pioneers in a range of artistic fields. 22 June 2023 White dwarf pulsar discovery sheds light on star evolution The discovery of a rare type of spinning white dwarf star in a binary star system – only the second one known – provides a new understanding into the role of magnetic fields in stellar evolution. 15 June 2023 Thesis recognition for Dr Andrew Mummery Dr Andrew Mummery from Oxford’s Department of Physics has been recognised by the International Astronomical Union and the Royal Astronomical Society for his thesis. 14 June 2023 Thesis treble for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus, Dr David Hosking, has been awarded another two prizes for his University of Oxford thesis, ‘The decay of MHD turbulence and the primordial origin of magnetic fields in cosmic voids’. 14 June 2023 The language of symmetry Three physicists from Oxford have contributed to a new book, 'The Language of Symmetry', out today, 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023 Mysterious planet seen in new light Brand new intel on mysterious planet GJ 1214 b has been gleaned thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. 10 May 2023 EPS recognition for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus Dr David Hosking has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award. 13 April 2023 Meet...Lauren Rhodes We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023 Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet Two papers published today in Nature Astronomy present the discovery of four of the most distant galaxies yet found. 4 April 2023 Load More
Smartt learning Professor Stephen Smartt from the Department of Physics has collaborated with renowned author and illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, to produce a suite of learning resources to challenge kids to think about life, earth and the universe in a whole new way. 5 July 2023
Successful launch for Euclid The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday 1 July 2023 3 July 2023
New instruments to improve understanding of universe A team at Oxford are leading an international consortium to develop the Extremely Large Telescope's first light spectroscopic facility instrument known as HARMONI. 29 June 2023
Professor Lintott appointed Gresham Professor Professor Chris Lintott has been appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy, one of the college’s ten professorships that are filled by leaders and pioneers in a range of artistic fields. 22 June 2023
White dwarf pulsar discovery sheds light on star evolution The discovery of a rare type of spinning white dwarf star in a binary star system – only the second one known – provides a new understanding into the role of magnetic fields in stellar evolution. 15 June 2023
Thesis recognition for Dr Andrew Mummery Dr Andrew Mummery from Oxford’s Department of Physics has been recognised by the International Astronomical Union and the Royal Astronomical Society for his thesis. 14 June 2023
Thesis treble for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus, Dr David Hosking, has been awarded another two prizes for his University of Oxford thesis, ‘The decay of MHD turbulence and the primordial origin of magnetic fields in cosmic voids’. 14 June 2023
The language of symmetry Three physicists from Oxford have contributed to a new book, 'The Language of Symmetry', out today, 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023
Mysterious planet seen in new light Brand new intel on mysterious planet GJ 1214 b has been gleaned thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. 10 May 2023
EPS recognition for Dr David Hosking Department of Physics alumnus Dr David Hosking has been awarded the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division’s PhD Research Award. 13 April 2023
Meet...Lauren Rhodes We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 5 April 2023
Astronomers discover the most distant galaxies yet Two papers published today in Nature Astronomy present the discovery of four of the most distant galaxies yet found. 4 April 2023