Articles tagged with 'astronomy' | University of Manchester

Three leading departmental researchers are being awarded highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) advanced grants.

Researchers have found water vapour in the disc around a young star exactly where planets may be forming.

An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and yet simultaneously lighter than the lightest black holes known.

The University of Manchester has been awarded funding for a new UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Decision Making for Complex Systems.

The University of Manchester will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.

The University of Manchester is to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our Solar System.

According to new research published today, galaxies from the early Universe are more like our own Milky Way than previously thought, flipping the entire narrative of how scientists think about structure formation in the Universe.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57.  

A collaboration of scientists from The University of Manchester and the University of Hong Kong have found a source for the mysterious alignment of stars near the Galactic Centre.

Scientists at The University of Manchester are involved in an international satellite mission to map the dark Universe.

After 25 years of observations, an international team of astronomers have seen the first evidence of ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves.

After decades of trying, astronomers have found the origin of a Type Ia supernova explosion using radio emissions, thanks to the e-MERLIN telescope network.

Aliens on nearby stars could detect Earth through radio signals leaked from the planet, new research suggests.

On 25 April 2023, Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS, FRAS, FInstP., celebrated his 100th birthday. Sir Francis, or Graham as he is known to friends and colleagues, was the second Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, taking over from Sir Bernard Lovell …

An international team of scientists, led by a researcher at The University of Manchester, have developed a novel AI (artificial intelligence) approach to distil technical astronomy terminology into simple understandable English in their recent …

An international team of scientist have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe the pulsing heartbeat of the universe as neutron stars are born and form swirling lightning storms which last for millions of years.

The MeerKAT team is awarded the Group Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy, the highlight being the images of the Galactic Centre region and the spectacular radio bubbles. 

Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented the most accurate description we have of the polarisation of the emission of the Milky Way at these …

The very first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) included a wonderful view of the ‘Southern Ring’, a planetary nebula. A team of astronomers from across the world has studied this image in detail, to see how our own Sun may evolve in …

The UK has joined an international astronomy mission to search the skies for cosmic origins of the universe.

Independent duo targeted nearby galaxies, galaxy groups and galaxy clusters to extend SETI search to extragalactic distances.

A new telescope, made up of two identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, will track down sources of gravitational waves.

Human and machine intelligence worked together to find 40,000 ring galaxies, scientists at the National Astronomy Meeting will announce today.

The first results from a mammoth astronomy project aimed at mapping out the origins of our 13.8 billion year old universe have been announced today.

Jodrell Bank’s ambitious £21.5m development, the First Light Pavilion was officially opened at a special event on the summer solstice, Tuesday 21 June in the company of over 100 esteemed guests.

Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK’s National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, On Space.

An international team of astronomers have for the first time combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes to detect the faint signatures of neutral hydrogen gas across cosmological scales. 

Astronomers in the UK announce today that have established how galaxies like our own Milky Way formed over 10 billion years of cosmic time through an abundance of separate galaxies colliding together.

Jodrell Bank’s newest attraction, the First Light Pavilion opened its doors to visitors for the first time last weekend, with over 1000 people exploring the stunning new building over the Jubilee weekend.

An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every 76 seconds.