Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work. Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES. Prof. Niranjan ThatteProfessor of Astrophysics Research themeAstronomy and astrophysicsInstrumentationExoplanets and planetary physics Sub departmentAstrophysics Research groupsAstronomical instrumentationExoplanets and Stellar PhysicsGalaxy formation and evolutionExtremely Large Telescope Niranjan.Thatte@physics.ox.ac.uk Telephone: 01865 (2)73412 Denys Wilkinson Building, room 709 About Publications ELT Artist Impression of the ESO Extremely Large Telescope with Laser Guide Stars for Adaptive Optics Credit: ESO