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December 2022
Astronomy Unit members, together with NASA and Edinburgh scientists, use James Webb Space Telescope data to unveil young stars in early stages of formation
Centre for Fundamental Physics
15 December 2022James Webb Space Telescope infrared capabilities pierce through dust clouds to make rare find. Queen Mary University of London, Royal Observatory and American scientists have taken a "deep dive" into one of the James Webb Space Telescope's iconic first images and have discovered dozens of energetic jets and outflows from ... [more]
September 2022
QMUL Astronomy Unit member Dr Andrea Larosa awarded the AGU Fred L. Scarf Award
Centre for Fundamental Physics
6 September 2022Dr Andrea Larosa has been awarded the AGU Fred L. Scarf Award for his work on magnetic switchbacks and Langmuir waves with the NASA Parker Solar Probe mission. It has been announced today that Dr Andrea Larosa, a postdoc in the Space & Astrophysical Plasmas group of QMUL's Astronomy Unit, has ... [more]
August 2022
QMUL Astronomical Observatory undergoes significant upgrade
Centre for Fundamental Physics
11 August 2022The QMUL Astronomical Observatory is undergoing a major upgrade to allow full remote operation of the dome and telescopes. This will greatly expand the range of projects that students will be able to carry out as part of their final-year projects. The Department of Physics & Astronomy is investing in a ... [more]
June 2022
Queen Mary Science and Engineering researchers awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships to tackle heart irregular heart rhythms and explore turbulence in space plasma
Centre for Fundamental Physics
15 June 2022Dr Caroline Roney and Dr Christopher Chen are among 84 promising leaders awarded fellowships totalling £98 million. The fellowships support the most promising science and research leaders to tackle major global issues and to commercialise their innovations in the UK. Professor Wen Wang, Queen Mary's Vice-Principal and Executive Dean for Science and ... [more]
April 2022
Dr Sijme-Jan Paardekooper awarded ERC grant to investigate how planets are formed from dust
Centre for Fundamental Physics
27 April 2022Dr Sijme-Jan Paardekooper has been awarded € 2,314,680 from the European Research Council (ERC) to study how dust distribution impacts the formation of planets. Planets form in discs of gas and dust around young stars. Within these discs, micron-sized dust particles need to clump together to grow 14 orders of magnitude to form ... [more]