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Professor Stephen Hawking, Andrey Kaliazin (Centre for Theoretical Cosmology), Mike Woodacre (SGI), Paul Shellard (Centre for Theoretical Cosmology) and Simon Appleby (SGI)

Hawking launches supercomputer

20 Jul 2012

The new COSMOS@DiRAC supercomputer will advance our understanding of the origin and structure of our universe.

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Representation of the timeline of the universe

Quasars shine a light on the earliest stars

21 Mar 2011

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

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Rees says Earth-type planets will be found within years

26 Jul 2010

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...

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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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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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False colour image of the carbon monoxide gas in the Orion molecular cloud observed using HARP.

Hunting for protostars

01 Sep 2007

Looking deep inside the swirling dust clouds that make up stellar nurseries – the birth place of stars – can help unravel...

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