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The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The telescope joins the observatory’s three Small Aperture Telescopes (SAT) at the site. Together, the telescopes will collect the most precise measurements...

The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new research. The study, co-authored by Dr Isobel M. Romero-Shaw (Herchel Smith Fellow at the University of Cambridge), tests the idea that many of the black holes observed by astronomers have merged multiple...

We are delighted to annnounce that Professor George Efstathiou has received an honorary Doctor of Science award from Durham University. Professor Efstathiou received his PhD in 1979 from Durham University and has since become a household name in astrophysics. Professor Efstathiou has won numerous awards and is a Fellow of...

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The international team, co-led by the University of Cambridge, used Webb to observe a galaxy roughly the size of the Milky Way in the early universe...