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Women in STEM: Dr Francesca Chadha-Day

06 Feb 2020

Dr Francesca Chadha-Day is a theoretical physicist, a research fellow at Peterhouse, and a science comedian. Here, she tells us about her lifelong...

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Women in STEM: Shagita Gounden

30 Jan 2020

Shagita Gounden is a systems engineer working on the world鈥檚 largest radio telescope, an Executive MBA candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School...

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Astronomers use 鈥榗osmic echo-location鈥 to map black hole surroundings

20 Jan 2020

Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space 鈥 and now astronomers have used the echoes of this radiation to map the dynamic...

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Artist's impression of gas giant exoplanet

Water common 鈥 yet scarce 鈥 in exoplanets

11 Dec 2019

探花直播most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge current theories of planet...

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Women in STEM: Amy Rankine

21 Nov 2019

Amy Rankine is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Astronomy and a member of Clare Hall. Here, she tells us about being the first in her family to go...

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An artist鈥檚 impression of the jet launched by a supermassive black hole, which inflates lobes of very hot gas that are distorted by the cluster weather.

Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling

21 Oct 2019

鈥淲eather鈥 in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle, according to a team of researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge.

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Professor Queloz in his office at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Professor Didier Queloz wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for first discovery of an exoplanet

08 Oct 2019

Queloz jointly wins the 2019 Physics Nobel for his work on the first confirmation of an exoplanet 鈥 a planet that orbits a star other than our Sun...

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鈥楩orbidden鈥 planet found wandering 鈥楴eptunian Desert鈥

29 May 2019

An international group of astronomers has identified a rogue planet orbiting its star in the so-called Neptunian Desert.

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Artist鈥檚 impression of the full Square Kilometre Array at night

Design work on 鈥榖rain鈥 of world鈥檚 largest radio telescope completed

09 May 2019

An international group of scientists led by the 探花直播 of Cambridge has finished designing the 鈥榖rain鈥 of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the...

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Variations in the 鈥榝ogginess鈥 of the universe identify a milestone in cosmic history

16 Apr 2019

Large differences in the 鈥榝ogginess鈥 of the early universe were caused by islands of cold gas left behind when the universe heated up after the big...

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World first as Bell Burnell pulsar chart goes on display

08 Mar 2019

Iconic object exhibited for the first time, alongside works by Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking at Cambridge 探花直播 Library.

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Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by 鈥楶lanet Nine鈥, say researchers

21 Jan 2019

探花直播strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesised by some astronomers to be shaped by an unknown ninth...

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