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Anti-racism resources

Equality and Diversity at the IoA

We at the Institute of Astronomy encourage everyone to educate themselves on issues of racial inequality. Anti-racism resources are available on our Equality and Diversity webpage.     Read more...

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2020 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics awarded to Andrew Fabian

Press release 27 May 2020

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters have announced that IoA astronomer Professor Andrew Fabian has been awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics.     Read more...

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Astronomers find cosmic `golden needle' buried for two decades

Press release 1 June 2020

Discovery sheds new light on famous Einstein ring     Read more...

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New IoA research tests 'theory of everything'

Press release March 2020

IoA astronomers use NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to take a 'significant step' towards an experimental test of string theory     Read more...

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Prof. Martin J. Rees awarded Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics & Cosmology

Press release March 2020

The Inaugural Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics & Cosmology is awarded to Prof. Martin J. Rees (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) for outstanding contributions to astrophysics and cosmology.     Read more...

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Large exoplanet could have the right conditions for life

Press release February 2020

Astronomers from Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth to be potentially habitable, opening the search for life to planets significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.     Read more...

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Vacancies and Research Fellowships

Current Vacancies

Vacancies and Research Fellowships available at the Institute of Astronomy.     Read more...

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Upcoming Talks at the IoA

Tuesday 11 August 2020
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Jonathan Gair (AEI Potsdam)
Pushing the boundaries of the black hole binary parameter space: recent results from LIGO
Time: 15:00-16:00  [details]
Tuesday 18 August 2020
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Debora Sijacki (IoA)
Towards next generation galaxy formation simulations
Time: 15:00-16:00  [details]
Tuesday 25 August 2020
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Peter Plavchan (George Mason University)
A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii
Time: 15:00-16:00  [details]
Friday 25 September 2020
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Matthew Smith (CfA Harvard)
Supernova clustering and galactic feedback
Time: 11:30-12:30  [details]
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