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Astronomers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have joined partners around the world in launching a new online initiative, calling for volunteers to come forward and help to search for extrasolar planets.

Astronomers, including a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researcher, have discovered the very first confirmed planetary system that resembles the expected fate of our solar system, when the Sun reaches the end of its life in about five billion years.

New ways of tackling the threat that space junk in our skies poses are being explored by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ scientists, as they pioneer new research that could help the UK fulfil its ambition to become a responsible spacefaring nation.

New research involving an honorary professor in the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Department of Physics describes a new way of calculating phase curves, the ‘shape’ the sunlight that is reflected towards us from planets and moons that can give astronomers information about their surface and atmospheres.

Electrons in metals try to behave like obedient motorists, but they end up more like bumper cars. They may be reckless drivers, but a new study involving the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ confirms this chaos has a limit established by the laws of quantum mechanics.

Projects that will combine the expertise and insight of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers with that of business and industry to further developments in diamond-enabled technologies and to develop a Framework for responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the financial services industry have received national funding.