20 March 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study involving Department of Computer Science researchers has found that artificial intelligence could accelerate the search for extraterrestrial life by showing the most promising places to look.
\n \n\n \n \n2 March 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and fascinating space phenomenon.
\n \n\n \n \n20 December 2022
\n \n \n \nIn November 2021, a team of graduate students from Oxford teamed up with the International Space School Educational Trust (ISSET) to turn the ideas of secondary school children into real experiments for launch to the International Space Station.
\n \n\n \n \n9 December 2022
\n \n \n \nNew findings confirm that Webb has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe as an international team of astronomers, including scientists from Oxford, has today reported the discovery of the earliest galaxies ever confirmed in our Universe.
\n \n\n \n \n23 November 2022
\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford academics have contributed to the most comprehensive molecular and chemical analysis of an exoplanet\u2019s atmosphere, enabled by new data from NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
\n \n\n \n \n28 October 2022
\n \n \n \nFollowing two large meteorite impacts on Mars, near-surface seismic waves have been recorded for the first time on a planet other than Earth. The data, analysed by an international team involving University of Oxford researchers, has revealed valuable new information about the structure of the Martian crust.
\n \n\n \n \n26 August 2022
\n \n \n \nOxford Physics is part of the international team analysing data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which has captured the first definitive detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system.
\n \n\n \n \n11 July 2022
\n \n \n \nEleven MPLS researchers have been recognised in this year\u2019s MPLS Impact Awards, which showcase research impact across the division and help us to identify examples of impact excellence that will help us to prepare the ground for future Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions and similar exercises.
\n \n\n \n \n4 July 2022
\n \n \n \nTen years ago, on 4 July 2012, an international collaboration of particle physicists announced to the world that they had independently observed a new particle \u2013 the Higgs boson. Oxford physicists were key contributors to the discovery and have continued to play a leading role in Higgs-boson research ever since.
\n \n\n \n \n30 May 2022
\n \n \n \nAn international team of scientists, including Professor Rob Fender, Dr Ian Heywood and Dr Jakob van den Eijnden from the University of Oxford, have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every 76 seconds.
\n \n\n \n \n12 April 2022
\n \n \n \nSix institutions, including the University of Oxford, are leading efforts to deliver computational systems that will enable the world\u2019s largest radio telescope
\n \n\n \n \n10 February 2022
\n \n \n \nScientists from the University of Oxford are field-testing seismic sensors in the bitter conditions of Antarctica to simulate the solar system\u2019s icy moons.
\n \n\n \n \n19 November 2021
\n \n \n \nMars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research suggests.
\n \n\n \n \n28 September 2021
\n \n \n \nRock samples collected during the final manned mission to the Moon have turned out to be critical for a study nearly 50 years later.
\n \n\n \n \n1 July 2021
\n \n \n \nA new technology, developed by Oxford researchers, in partnership with the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) \u03a6-lab, will pilot the detection of flood events from space. It was deployed on hardware on D-Orbit\u2019s upcoming \u2018Wild Ride\u2019 mission being launched by SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, 30 June, 20.00 UK time.
\n \n\n \n \n11 June 2021
\n \n \n \nScientists at the University of Oxford have discovered that classical nova explosions are accompanied by the ejection of jets of oppositely-directed hot gas and plasma, and that this persists for years following the nova eruption. Previously, such jets had only been encountered emanating from very different systems such as black holes or newly collapsing stars.
\n \n\n \n \n10 June 2021
\n \n \n \nOxford University scientists will play a leading role in a new mission to study the geology and atmosphere of Venus, our neighbouring planet, helping determine whether it was once habitable \u2013 and why Earth became the only known planet that can sustain life.
\n \n\n \n \n14 May 2021
\n \n \n \nTo date, astronomers have identified more than 4,000 confirmed exoplanets but only a fraction have the potential to sustain life. Now, new research is using the geology of early planet formation to help identify those that may be capable of supporting life.
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