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Read more at: Dark energy could be measured by studying the galaxy next door

Dark energy could be measured by studying the galaxy next door

16 August 2023

Researchers, from the University of Cambridge, found that it may be possible to detect and measure dark energy by studying Andromeda, our galactic next-door neighbour that is on a slow-motion collision course with the Milky Way. Using a series of simulations based on the best available estimates of the mass of both...


Read more at: Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time

Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time

19 July 2023

weic2317b-h1dd3n.jpg For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early Universe. Similar observational signatures have been observed in the much more recent Universe, and have been attributed to complex, carbon-based molecules known as polycyclic...


Read more at: KICC research to benefit from UKRI investment

KICC research to benefit from UKRI investment

21 June 2023

Two areas of KICC research stand to benefit from UKRI investment upgrading UK research infrastructure £72 million funding includes £6.8 million to scope a second-generation instrumentation suite for the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope An £8 million investment in the conceptual design of new...


Read more at: Rare gravitational lens splits light of distant supernova into four images

Rare gravitational lens splits light of distant supernova into four images

12 June 2023

A team of physicists and astronomers led by researchers from the Oskar Klein Centre at Stockholm University has made an intriguing breakthrough in our ability to explore how galaxies warp the surrounding space with the discovery of a multiply-imaged lensed Type Ia supernova, dubbed “SN Zwicky”. The results are published in...


Read more at: Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb Telescope shows

Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb Telescope shows

6 June 2023

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, is already providing new insights into this question. One of the largest programmes in Webb’s first...


Read more at: Senior Kavli Fellow Dr Alex Amon one of the British Science Association Award winners 2023.
Alexandra Amon

Senior Kavli Fellow Dr Alex Amon one of the British Science Association Award winners 2023.

5 June 2023

Congratulations to Senior Kavli Fellow Dr Alex Amon who is one of seven winners of the prestigious British Science Association (BSA) Award Lecture series for 2023. In the Physical Sciences and Mathematics Award Lecture, she explained why dark matter is important, and how we peer deep into the universe to learn more. She...


Read more at: KICC and Institute of Astronomy researchers successful with JWST observing programmes

KICC and Institute of Astronomy researchers successful with JWST observing programmes

11 May 2023

Having a programme approved for observing with the JWST is no easy feat. This space telescope is probably the most sought-after facility today, yet researchers at the Kavli Institute of Cosmology and Institute of Astronomy were extraordinarily successful, with seven approved proposals (as PI or Co-PI), a testament to the...


Read more at: Cathie Clarke elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Cathie Clarke elected Fellow of the Royal Society

11 May 2023

Cathie Clarke was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2023. Prof. Clarke studies astrophysical fluid dynamics, including accretion and protoplanetary discs and stellar winds. She was the first to demonstrate how protoplanetary disc formation around low-mass young stars is determined by their radiation field. In...


Read more at: New findings that map the universe’s cosmic growth support Einstein’s theory of gravity

New findings that map the universe’s cosmic growth support Einstein’s theory of gravity

11 April 2023

The findings, from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration involving researchers from the University of Cambridge, provide further support to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which has been the foundation of the standard model of cosmology for more than a century. The results offer new methods to demystify...


Read more at: Hiranya Peiris appointed Professor of Astrophysics (1909) at the Institute of Astronomy

Hiranya Peiris appointed Professor of Astrophysics (1909) at the Institute of Astronomy

27 February 2023

World-leading cosmologist Professor Hiranya Peiris has been appointed Professor of Astrophysics (1909) at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Professor Peiris's research covers a wide range of disciplines within astrophysics and cosmology, including the study of the cosmic microwave background, galaxy evolution and...