Professor Didier Queloz wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for first discovery of an exoplanet
Queloz jointly wins the 2019 Physics Nobel for his work on the first confirmation of an exoplanet – a planet that orbits a star other than our Sun.
Oct. 8, 2019 • ~8 min
Professor Didier Queloz wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of an exoplanet
Queloz jointly wins the 2019 Physics Nobel for his work on the first confirmation of an exoplanet – a planet that orbits a star other than our Sun.
Oct. 8, 2019 • ~4 min
Women in STEM: Verity Allan
Verity Allan is a graduate of Cambridge, Oxford, and The Open University. She is a PhD candidate at the Cavendish Laboratory and works as a project manager and programmer on the software for the Square Kilometre Array, the world's largest radio telescope.
Aug. 29, 2019 • ~7 min
Design work on ‘brain’ of world’s largest radio telescope completed
An international group of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has finished designing the ‘brain’ of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world’s largest radio telescope. When complete, the SKA will enable astronomers to monitor the sky in unprecedented detail and survey the entire sky much faster than any system currently in existence.
May 9, 2019 • ~4 min
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