Farewell, Gaia: spacecraft operations come to an end

The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has been powered down, after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 27, 2025 ~6 min

‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 11, 2024 ~5 min


Earliest detection of metal challenges what we know about the first galaxies

Astronomers have detected carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest detection of any element in the universe other than

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 6, 2024 ~5 min

New instrument to search for signs of life on other planets

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has signed an agreement for the design and construction of ANDES, the ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 5, 2024 ~2 min

Webb detects most distant black hole merger to date

An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, has used the James Webb Space Telescope to find evidence for an ongoing merger of two

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 16, 2024 ~4 min

Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 6, 2024 ~5 min

Neon sign identified by JWST gives clue to planet formation

The winds that help to form planets in the gaseous discs of early solar systems have been imaged for the first time by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 5, 2024 ~6 min

Galaxy mergers solve early Universe mystery

A team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to reveal, for the first time, what lies in the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 18, 2024 ~5 min


Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed

Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is ‘eating’ its host galaxy to death.

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Jan. 17, 2024 ~4 min

Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealed

Researchers may have identified the missing component in the chemistry of the Venusian clouds that would explain their colour and 'splotchiness' in the UV

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 9, 2024 ~3 min

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