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'Extreme Sleepover #8' - unlocking the universe from the Atacama desert

In the eighth of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, we hear about Dr John Richer's night-time research activities at the ALMA observatory in Chile's Atacama desert.

Space, time and a supper

With the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, providing one of the star turns on the first day of this year's Hay Festival, God was appropriately never far away from the opening talks in the Cambridge lecture series, either.

Quasars shine a light on the earliest stars

New research is bringing astronomers closer to unlocking the 'dark ages' of the cosmos.

Astronomers find evidence of cosmic climate change

Evidence of an intense warming period in the Universe's early history, described as a form of “cosmic climate change”, has been found by an international team of astronomers.

Lunar Meanderings (audio slideshow)

Rees says Earth-type planets will be found within years

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees believes that planets resembling Earth may be discovered in the next two to three years – although it may take a further 20 years before we are able to capture an image of them.

That’s funny

Paul Murdin from the Institute of Astronomy put a human face to the names behind some of the greatest discoveries to have taken place in our efforts to understand the mysteries of the cosmos.

Probing the Universe: Kavli Institute for Cosmology

Scientists at Cambridge's Kavli Institute are studying how the Universe developed after the Big Bang by analysing light emitted up to 13.7 billion years ago.

Spanning application and abstraction: Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Mathematical research in Cambridge has a breadth that extends from the purest of theory to the most practical of applications.

Discovery could pave the way for quantum computing

Two experimental systems at the forefront of modern physics research — a single trapped ion and a quantum atomic gas — have been combined for the first time by researchers at Cambridge.