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 Professor Birkby Blavatnik Young Scientist Award finalist 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. 17 January 2024 True colours: Neptune and Uranus New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like 8 January 2024 New study reveals source of largest ever Mars quake 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. 17 October 2023 JWST atmosphere reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b 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. 25 September 2023 New insights into Neptune's dark spot 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. 24 August 2023 Oxford University-built instrument ready to map water on the Moon 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. 21 August 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 Dr Katherine Shirley wins Impact Award Dr Katherine Shirley has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Impact Award for her planetary research work. 21 June 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 Meet...Jake Taylor We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. Here, we meet postdoc Jake Taylor. 2 February 2023 New JWST data reveals exoplanet atmosphere first University of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 23 November 2022 New analysis of Winchcombe meteorite Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences have contributed to a highly detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite which fell to Earth last year. 17 November 2022 Load More
Professor Birkby Blavatnik Young Scientist Award finalist 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. 17 January 2024
True colours: Neptune and Uranus New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like 8 January 2024
New study reveals source of largest ever Mars quake 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. 17 October 2023
JWST atmosphere reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b 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. 25 September 2023
New insights into Neptune's dark spot 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. 24 August 2023
Oxford University-built instrument ready to map water on the Moon 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. 21 August 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
Dr Katherine Shirley wins Impact Award Dr Katherine Shirley has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Impact Award for her planetary research work. 21 June 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
Meet...Jake Taylor We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. Here, we meet postdoc Jake Taylor. 2 February 2023
New JWST data reveals exoplanet atmosphere first University of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 23 November 2022
New analysis of Winchcombe meteorite Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences have contributed to a highly detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite which fell to Earth last year. 17 November 2022