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Inspiring young people to live a life scientific

6 March 2023

University experiments, workshops and demonstrations delivered as part of city’s science festival

The progressive flag, including the intersex community

Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy leads on a successful bid for a GW4 Building Communities Development Award

18 January 2023

The school has been successful in their bid for funding from the GW4 Building Communities Development Awards to develop a community of practice in STEMM

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Children’s University rolled out more widely in Cardiff

8 December 2022

Pupils from all backgrounds will be able to earn a Passport to the City

Two views of the Southern Ring Nebula shown side by side. Both feature black backgrounds speckled with tiny bright stars and distant galaxies.

Astronomers continue to unravel mysteries of stellar afterlife in new images from space telescope

8 December 2022

JWST reveals complexity of stellar structure in greater detail than ever before

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Recognition for Physics PhD student

13 October 2022

Physics PhD student recognised as a full Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Black hole at the center of a spiral galaxy

“Wobbling black hole” most extreme example ever detected

12 October 2022

Gravitational waves identify what could be a rare one-in-1000 event

Gif of an asteroid moving through a series telescope observations

The Welsh school children helping NASA save the planet from asteroid strikes

26 September 2022

The Welsh school children helping NASA save the planet from asteroid strikes

Graduation celebrations for ‘exceptional’ physics student

21 July 2022

Josh Colclough, Winner of the School Prize for Outstanding Physics Project, draws praise from leading academics in the UK.

Exoplanet mission given £30m boost

27 June 2022

New funding will help Cardiff University scientists explore how 1,000 known planets outside our solar system were formed and evolved.

Close up photo of semiconductor chip being manipulated with tweezers in clean room

New Investigator Award to develop improved soft image sensors for medical diagnostics

20 June 2022

Dr Bo Hou from the School of Physics and Astronomy has been awarded a prestigious New Investigator Award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to investigate improvements to soft image sensors which have become vital in many areas of our daily lives.