Dark energy, the mysterious force that causes the universe to accelerate, may have been responsible for unexpected results from the XENON1T experiment, deep below Italy’s Apennine Mountains.
A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate the search for life outside our Solar System.
Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems.
Cosmic dawn, when stars formed for the first time, occurred 250 million to 350 million years after the beginning of the universe, according to a new study led by researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and ̽»¨Ö±²¥ College London (UCL).Â
Astronomers have spotted a giant ‘blinking’ star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light years away.
̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is creating a new research initiative, bringing together physicists, chemists, biologists, mathematicians and earth scientists to answer fundamental questions on the origin and nature of life in the Universe.
For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere on a rocky planet around a distant star. ̽»¨Ö±²¥planet, GJ 1132 b, has a similar density, size, and age to Earth.
Scientists have suggested a new explanation for the abundance in intermediate-mass exoplanets – a long-standing puzzle in astronomy.
̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is one of 21 organisations awarded a share of over £7 million in funding meant to put the UK at the forefront of the latest advances in space innovation.
An international team of astronomers, led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, announced the most detailed ever catalogue of the stars in a huge swathe of our Milky Way galaxy.
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