Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience - 51猎奇入口 Industry Schools, prospective students and community Research Undergraduates Graduates International Year of Quantum Department of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme - Accelerator physics Astronomy and astrophysics Biological physics Climate physics Exoplanets and planetary physics Fields, strings, and quantum dynamics Fundamental particles and interactions Instrumentation Lasers and high energy density science Particle astrophysics & cosmology Photovoltaics and nanoscience Plasma physics Quantum information and computation Quantum materials Quantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department - Astrophysics Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Atomic and Laser Physics Condensed Matter Physics Particle Physics Professional and support services Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Professor Maria Vincenzi awarded New Horizons in Physics Prize Professor Maria Vincenzi received a New Horizons in Physics Prize at this year's Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles, in recognition of her work building and analysing some of the largest supernova datasets in modern cosmology. 20 April 2026 Telescope reveals true power of black hole jets New research from Curtin University and the University of Oxford has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes. 16 April 2026 Africa Millimetre Telescope to bring black holes into sharper focus for movies The University of Oxford is a founding partner in an international consortium that will build the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) in Namibia. 9 March 2026 Mapping a 鈥榮ea of light鈥� in the early Universe An international team of astronomers have used data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) to make the largest, most accurate 3D map yet of the light emitted by excited hydrogen in the early universe. 3 March 2026 UK scientists open real-time window to the Universe As the Vera C Rubin Observatory issues its first live alerts of changes detected in the night sky, a UK innovation, Lasair, is allowing us to observe millions of astronomical events as they unfold. 26 February 2026 Discovery of possible pulsar in Milky Way centre Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen have published new results from one of the most sensitive radio searches ever conducted for pulsars in the dynamically complex central region of the Milky Way Galaxy 12 February 2026 JWST reveals exceptional richness of organic molecules A recent study has uncovered an unprecedented richness of small organic molecules in the deeply obscured nucleus of a nearby galaxy using modelling techniques developed at the University of Oxford. 6 February 2026 Commentary: Professor Lintott on the effects of funding cuts Professor Chris Lintott comments in light of research funding for astronomy and physics research being cut by almost a third. 2 February 2026 Commentary: Dr Stevance on the role of AI in science Dr Heloise Stevance discusses the ethics of delegating scientific decision making to our computers. 30 January 2026 Could stuff be living on Saturn鈥檚 moon? The Oxford Sparks podcast chats with Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation, on why she thinks one of Saturn鈥檚 moons, Enceladus, could be a prime candidate for life. 19 January 2026 Mysterious iron 鈥榖ar鈥� revealed inside iconic Ring Nebula Using the new WEAVE instrument developed by Oxford physicists, an international team has discovered bar-shaped cloud of ionised iron at the heart of the Ring Nebula. 16 January 2026 Professor Bunker awarded Herschel Medal Professor Andrew Bunker has been awarded the Herschel Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society. The medal is awarded for investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics. 9 January 2026 Load More
Professor Maria Vincenzi awarded New Horizons in Physics Prize Professor Maria Vincenzi received a New Horizons in Physics Prize at this year's Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles, in recognition of her work building and analysing some of the largest supernova datasets in modern cosmology. 20 April 2026
Telescope reveals true power of black hole jets New research from Curtin University and the University of Oxford has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes. 16 April 2026
Africa Millimetre Telescope to bring black holes into sharper focus for movies The University of Oxford is a founding partner in an international consortium that will build the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) in Namibia. 9 March 2026
Mapping a 鈥榮ea of light鈥� in the early Universe An international team of astronomers have used data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) to make the largest, most accurate 3D map yet of the light emitted by excited hydrogen in the early universe. 3 March 2026
UK scientists open real-time window to the Universe As the Vera C Rubin Observatory issues its first live alerts of changes detected in the night sky, a UK innovation, Lasair, is allowing us to observe millions of astronomical events as they unfold. 26 February 2026
Discovery of possible pulsar in Milky Way centre Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen have published new results from one of the most sensitive radio searches ever conducted for pulsars in the dynamically complex central region of the Milky Way Galaxy 12 February 2026
JWST reveals exceptional richness of organic molecules A recent study has uncovered an unprecedented richness of small organic molecules in the deeply obscured nucleus of a nearby galaxy using modelling techniques developed at the University of Oxford. 6 February 2026
Commentary: Professor Lintott on the effects of funding cuts Professor Chris Lintott comments in light of research funding for astronomy and physics research being cut by almost a third. 2 February 2026
Commentary: Dr Stevance on the role of AI in science Dr Heloise Stevance discusses the ethics of delegating scientific decision making to our computers. 30 January 2026
Could stuff be living on Saturn鈥檚 moon? The Oxford Sparks podcast chats with Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation, on why she thinks one of Saturn鈥檚 moons, Enceladus, could be a prime candidate for life. 19 January 2026
Mysterious iron 鈥榖ar鈥� revealed inside iconic Ring Nebula Using the new WEAVE instrument developed by Oxford physicists, an international team has discovered bar-shaped cloud of ionised iron at the heart of the Ring Nebula. 16 January 2026
Professor Bunker awarded Herschel Medal Professor Andrew Bunker has been awarded the Herschel Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society. The medal is awarded for investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics. 9 January 2026