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Dr Inserra wins Outstanding Contribution Award for researcher development

8 October 2025

The Vitae Impact, Culture and Engagement (ICE) Award recognises Dr Cosimo Inserra’s contribution to the researcher development community

An image depicting a black hole binary merger with an eccentric orbital path

Likely origins of black hole collision with “squashed” orbital path revealed

8 October 2025

Scientists compare properties of rarely seen type of black hole merger to probe its formation history

Gravitational waves

A decade of discovery: Academics celebrate 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves amid announcement of exciting new breakthrough

10 September 2025

Scientists celebrate anniversary and tests of Stephen Hawking's black hole area theorem

Cardiff University rocket team wins at space competition

28 August 2025

The student team won the Hybrid Rocket Engine category at the Race 2 Space competition, a groundbreaking educational initiative to boost the UK space sector.

The butterfly nebula, NGC 6302, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

JWST observations of Butterfly Nebula reveal how cosmic dust is made in space

27 August 2025

Astronomers say observations show planetary nebulae are surprisingly dynamic objects which create cool gemstones and fiery grime

A photograph of a man wearing glasses and a suit.

Gravitational waves research pioneer honoured by Royal Society

27 August 2025

Professor Bernard Schutz FRS FLSW is the recipient of the Rumford medal 2025

Institute for Compound Semiconductors marks ten years of industrial collaboration

18 August 2025

Cardiff University is proud to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Institute for Compound Semiconductors.

A portrait of a young woman with her hair tied up, wearing gold earrings and a white t-shirt

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship for Cardiff astrophysicist

7 August 2025

Dr Isobel Romero-Shaw named among seven of UK’s brightest emerging physicists

Dr Cosimo Inserra shortlisted for the Vitae Impact, Culture and Engagement (ICE) Awards 2025

28 July 2025

Dr Cosimo Inserra shortlisted in prestigious researcher development awards

Aerial shot of LIGO detector

Gravitational waves from most massive black hole collision poses “challenge” to astrophysics

14 July 2025

Detection pushes gravitational waves observation techniques to edge of what is currently possible