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KICC success in ESA’s 2025 Call for Missions
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KICC success in ESA’s 2025 Call for Missions | Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge

The GUEST mission concept (Gravitational Universe Exploration with Satellite Tracking), co-proposed by Alex Jenkins, Gavin Boyle Fellow in Cosmology at KICC and EPSRC Stephen Hawking Fellow, has been ...

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Cambridge Philosophical Society @camphilsoc.bsky.social · 4d

Professor David Tong from @trincollcam.bsky.social @cambridgemaths.bsky.social will give our first lecture on 'Our Chiral Universe'.

Larmor Lecture - 13 October, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.

Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 5d

Stars are interesting in many ways and seeing them is more complex than one may imagine. They also change on timescales from seconds to years. Read about Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, Prof Gerry Gilmore's project @cambridgeastro.bsky.social media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ggil...

#WorldSpaceWeek 🚀

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Sep 4

Having led strategic coordination in optical astronomy for twenty-five years, Professor Gerry Gilmore is now building a sustainable alliance for the European-wide network of observatories initially built to support the Gaia mission. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ggil... @cambridgeastro.bsky.social

Figure showing Phylogenetic tree constructed from 78 solar twins using 55 evolutionarily significant traits.

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Cambridge Philosophical Society @camphilsoc.bsky.social · 10d

Our Travel Grants are now open for application.

Deadline for applications is 01 Nov 2025
Deadline for references is 08 Nov 2025

For more information and to apply:
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Cambridge Philosophical Society @camphilsoc.bsky.social · 11d

Tickets are now available for The PdOC Research Showcase 2025 on 10th November 2025 at West Hub, Cambridge. @westcamhub @CamPostdocs

Book tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...

Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Sep 4

Having led strategic coordination in optical astronomy for twenty-five years, Professor Gerry Gilmore is now building a sustainable alliance for the European-wide network of observatories initially built to support the Gaia mission. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ggil... @cambridgeastro.bsky.social

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Having led strategic coordination in optical astronomy for twenty-five years, Gerry Gilmore is now building a sustainable alliance for the European-wide network of observatories initially built to support the Gaia mission media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ggil...

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Cambridge Philosophical Society @camphilsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Final Frontier: Black Holes in the Infant Universe

9 September - Ray Dolby Center in West Cambridge.

Join Lord Rees, Prof. Natarajan, Prof. Sijacki and Prof. Maiolino for this exciting public talk.

Details: sites.google.com/cam.ac.uk/mb...

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dr Valeriya Korol will join the Institute of Astronomy on a prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship www.ast.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-vale...

Dr Valeriya Korol awarded prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship | Institute of Astronomy

Dr Valeriya Korol will join the Institute of Astronomy on a prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, awarded by UKRI’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to explore how the Milky Way wa...

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dr Valeriya Korol will join the Institute of Astronomy on a prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship www.ast.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-vale...

Dr Valeriya Korol awarded prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship | Institute of Astronomy

Dr Valeriya Korol will join the Institute of Astronomy on a prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, awarded by UKRI’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to explore how the Milky Way wa...

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Aug 8

Astronomers find new evidence for planet around our closest solar twin www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Astronomers find new evidence for planet around our closest solar twin

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · Aug 7

A gas giant the size of Saturn could be hiding in orbit around Alpha Centauri A - the third-brightest star in the sky and the closest 'twin' to our own Sun - according to new data from @esa.int's James Webb telescope and @cambridgeastro.bsky.social
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Astronomers find new evidence for planet around our closest solar twin

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Aug 8

Astronomers find new evidence for planet around our closest solar twin www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Astronomers find new evidence for planet around our closest solar twin

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jul 15

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Astronomers find a giant hiding in the ‘fog’ around a young star

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jul 15

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Astronomers find a giant hiding in the ‘fog’ around a young star

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jul 12

We are saddened to report the passing of Cyril Hazard (18 March 1928 – 14 June 2025). Cyril was a pioneering radio astronomer whose work on quasars helped transform our understanding of the Universe. www.ast.cam.ac.uk/news/cyril-h...

Cyril Hazard (18 March 1928 – 14 June 2025) | Institute of Astronomy

We are saddened to report the passing of Cyril Hazard (18 March 1928 – 14 June 2025). Cyril was a pioneering radio astronomer whose work on quasars helped transform our understanding of the Universe.

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jul 12

We are saddened to report the passing of Cyril Hazard (18 March 1928 – 14 June 2025). Cyril was a pioneering radio astronomer whose work on quasars helped transform our understanding of the Universe. www.ast.cam.ac.uk/news/cyril-h...

Cyril Hazard (18 March 1928 – 14 June 2025) | Institute of Astronomy

We are saddened to report the passing of Cyril Hazard (18 March 1928 – 14 June 2025). Cyril was a pioneering radio astronomer whose work on quasars helped transform our understanding of the Universe.

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RAS Journals @rasjournals.bsky.social · Jul 9

At NAM 2025 in Durham @nam25-durham.bsky.social Anke Ardern-Arentsen is speaking on Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars as probes for early chemical enrichment. Anke has published in #MNRAS: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...

Predicting metallicities and carbon abundances from Gaia XP spectra for (carbon-enhanced) metal-poor stars

ABSTRACT. Carbon-rich (C-rich) stars can be found at all metallicities and evolutionary stages. They are often the result of mass transfer from a companion

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · Jul 3

A Victorian woman astronomer at Cambridge has finally been honoured after more than a century – with her own asteroid 🌠

New research co-authored by Mark Hurn @cambridgeastro.bsky.social reveals that Annie Walker was the first woman at Cambridge paid to observe the heavens 👇
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A historical photo of individuals working at the Melbourne Observatory's Measuring Bureau in 1901.

Credit: The Australasian, 1901, courtesy of Dr Toner Stevenson.

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jun 30

A story about Annie Walker, a 19th cent. astronomer who worked at the Cambridge Observatory, a forerunner to the IoA ... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say

Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Rubin Observatory reveals first images

The Vera C Rubin Observatory, a new scientific facility that will bring the night sky to life like never before using the largest camera ever built, has

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · Jun 23

“This exploration is bound to throw up surprises that we never imagined,” said Professor Hiranya Peiris from
@cambridgeastro.bsky.social, one of the UK astronomers who will be using the Rubin Observatory to explore the universe.

Find out about its mission: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Rubin Observatory reveals first images

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new scientific facility that will bring the night sky to life like never before using the largest camera ever built, has

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Cosmic signal from the very early universe will help astronomers detect the first stars

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Jun 12

#ESAGaia has delivered on its primary goal of building the largest, most precise map of the Milky Way, showing us our home galaxy like no other mission has done before.

Discover more about #ourGalaxy with this slider tool 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

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A model image of what our home galaxy, the Milky Way, might look like face-on: as viewed from above the disc of the galaxy, with its spiral arms and bulge in full view. The Milky Way bar, different arms and the location of the Sun are indicated.

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Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge @cambridgeastro.bsky.social · Jun 7

Cambridge researcher awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Cambridge researcher awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Professor George Efstathiou has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, one of the biggest prizes in the field.

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