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Antikythera Mechanism (Copyright required)

Research sheds light on ancient device

2 August 2016

A researcher from the School of Physics and Astronomy is at the centre of a project shedding new light on the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2000 year old artefact which is believed to be the world’s oldest computer

Universe becoming cleaner as cosmic dust is mopped up by stars

6 July 2016

Brand new images from the Herschel Space Observatory give unprecedented insight into the lives of stars and galaxies.

Gravitational waves

Astronomers detect new gravitational wave

15 June 2016

LIGO scientists detect “fantastically weak” gravitational wave signal from the merging of two black holes

Black Hole chart

Black hole signals mark 'true beginning' of gravitational wave astronomy

15 June 2016

A billion-year-old wave activity has been detected.

Artist's impression of intergalactic rain

Feeding black holes

10 June 2016

Researchers first to witness a supermassive black hole preparing for a "chaotic" feast at the centre of a distant galaxy.

Supermassive black hole

Feeding black holes

9 June 2016

Experts show supermassive black hole preparing for a ‘chaotic’ feast one billion light years from Earth

The transit of Mercury

Transit of Mercury: Public talks and public viewing

15 April 2016

Come and join us for our free event!

Hong Kong students

Inspiring Hong Kong to Reach for the Impossible

31 March 2016

Cardiff experts inspire the next generation of scientists at Science Alive 2016.

Dr Matt Smith at the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico.

Cardiff Researcher Selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

14 March 2016

Dr Matthew Smith will attend the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in June 2016.

Magnetic monopole-antimonopole pairs are pulled apart by the force of the applied magnetic field, that overcomes the Coulomb attraction between the magnetic charges.

Magnets research paper published in Nature Physics

11 March 2016

Findings published on the measurement of the force between magnetic monopoles.