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An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University scientist Dr Michael Cretignier.

Citizen science reveals that Jupiter’s colourful clouds are not made of ammonia ice

Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert has been awarded the European Geosciences Union Jean Dominique Cassini Medal, the EGU’s highest award for recognition of achievement in the planetary sciences.

Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation, answers Oxford Sparks’ big question: what time is it on the moon?

Professor Jayne Birkby has been recognised by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences as a finalist in the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.

New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like

A global team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars.

Dr Jake Taylor from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of a team of scientists led by the Université de Montréal to analyse data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system.

Astronomers, led by Professor Patrick Irwin from the University of Oxford, have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it.

A thermal imaging camera built by the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics will form an integral part of NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission, scheduled to launch in 2024.

A team at Oxford are leading an international consortium to develop the Extremely Large Telescope's first light spectroscopic facility instrument known as HARMONI.