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Head of School, School of Physics

Faculty of Science

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Head of School, School of Physics
Faculty of Science

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A cosmic explosion with the force of a billion Suns went unseen – until we caught its echo (opens in a new tab)⁠
26 Feb 2026
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We’ve detected a star barely hotter than a pizza oven – the coldest ever found to emit radio waves (opens in a new tab)⁠
14 Jul 2023
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Head of School, Physics (opens in a new tab)⁠
5 Dec 2022
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We’ve used a new technique to discover the brightest radio pulsar outside our own galaxy (opens in a new tab)⁠
3 May 2022
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We found a mysterious flashing radio signal from near the centre of the galaxy (opens in a new tab)⁠
13 Oct 2021
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5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter (opens in a new tab)⁠
8 Feb 2021
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Bad space weather may make life impossible near Proxima Centauri (opens in a new tab)⁠
10 Dec 2020
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We’ve detected new gravitational waves, we just don’t know where they come from (yet) (opens in a new tab)⁠
3 May 2019
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Signals from a spectacular neutron star merger that made gravitational waves are slowly fading away (opens in a new tab)⁠
1 May 2018
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Gravitational waves discovered - top scientists respond (opens in a new tab)⁠
12 Feb 2016
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Tuning in to cosmic radio from the dawn of time (opens in a new tab)⁠
3 Feb 2016
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How an undergraduate discovered tubes of plasma in the sky (opens in a new tab)⁠
5 Jun 2015
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Cosmic Cinema - YouTube video (opens in a new tab)⁠
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