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Polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Planck reveals first stars were born late

05 Feb 2015

New maps from the Planck satellite uncover the ‘polarised’ light from the early Universe across the entire sky, revealing that the first stars formed...

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Large scale projection through Illustris, centered on the most massive cluster, 70 million light years away. Dark matter density (left) is transitioning to gas density (right).

Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe

07 May 2014

Astronomers have created the first realistic virtual simulation of the Universe, tracking 13 billion years of cosmic evolution.

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Infrared coronet cluster

Get ready to talk the Planck

29 Jul 2013

Don’t miss the chance to quiz leading scientists from the Planck research team about their work, and how it may change our understanding of the...

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Planck captures portrait of the young Universe, revealing earliest light

21 Mar 2013

Satellite’s first all-sky image is the most detailed picture to date of the early Universe, giving us a better understanding of its birth.

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John, in front of the 12-metre-diameter antennas at the ALMA Array Operations Site

‘Extreme Sleepover #8’ – unlocking the universe from the Atacama desert

29 Dec 2011

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...

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Best ever snapshot of Black Hole's jets

That's funny

02 Jun 2010

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...

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Planck satellite

The Planck satellite: looking back to the dawn of time

01 Sep 2009

The Planck satellite has just reached its orbit, 1.5 million km from Earth, on a mission to understand the origin and evolution of our Universe.

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Into Space

Cambridge research to explore the origins of the universe

15 May 2009

Cambridge University researchers are casting their gaze back to the start of the universe following the launch last week of two of the most expensive...

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big bang

Unlocking the secrets of the universe

01 Apr 2008

Cosmic defects and adolescent galaxies – two research projects in Cambridge are bringing us closer to understanding the cosmos.

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Lucid in the sky

26 Sep 2007

A New Cambridge University star catalogue is the “most accurate ever”.

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