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The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge current theories of planet...

Amy Rankine is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Astronomy and a member of Clare Hall. Here, she tells us about being the first in her family to go...

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...

On the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, the University Library shares some of its incredible moon-related maps and archive.

An international group of astronomers has identified a rogue planet orbiting its star in the so-called Neptunian Desert.

An international group of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has finished designing the ‘brain’ of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the...

The Gaia satellite has spotted an enormous ‘ghost’ galaxy lurking on the outskirts of the Milky Way.

Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets...