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'Infinite LIGO Dreams’ Oil on Canvas, 2016 Image credit: Penelope Rose Cowley for Cardiff University

Cardiff to host flagship UK astronomy event

19 June 2023

NAM2023 will reveal the latest astronomy findings amidst a programme of art and education events

Professor Peter Smowton, Institute for Compound Semiconductors, stands outside the sbarc|spark building at Cardiff University to welcome Minister Chloe Smith MP and Sir Derek Jones for a tour of the Translational Research Hub

UK Science Minister visits Research Hub

6 June 2023

Rt Hon Chloe Smith announces UK Semiconductor strategy

Black and white image of tiny particle under a microscopic

Shaping the technologies of the future

16 May 2023

Study is significant step forward in development of revolutionary technology

Main Building - Autumn

University staff and alumni named as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales

9 May 2023

New fellows come from across higher education, as well as law, medicine and the media

A man interviews a woman on a stage. Each are speaking into microphones. A Radio 4 table cloth is draped over a small table between the two people. An audience looks on.

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

School children in a lab cheerfully take part in an activity

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

Students working on their laptops

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