This week, Cavendish ASTRO hosted a hybrid conference, 'Raising the veil on star formation near and far', in honour of Richard Hills. A special session celebrated his legacy as a scientist, mentor, and friend. Hills was a world-leading millimeter astronomer.
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We are hiring!

A postdoc position in 21-cm cosmology data analysis and interpretation and a PhD student in radio instrumentation!

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🌌 The #CosmoCube project, led by Eloy de Lera Acedo, secured fresh funding of £1.5 million. Thanks to UK Space Agency! 🛰️ The mission focuses on a cubesat with a precision radiometer, planned to orbit the far side of the Moon. buff.ly/3wmBhPj #SpaceExploration

Eloy de Lera Acedo: Tiny signals, big ambitions people-doing-physics.captivate.fm/episode/eloy-d…

Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project - Exploring the Universe and boosting your Wi-Fi phy.cam.ac.uk/blog/exploring…

Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed shar.es/agfNUh

REACH can see the sky!

The Radio Experiment for the Analysis of Cosmic Hydrogen is working to unveil the mysteries of the first structure formation in the Universe, accessing a new window of exploration just 100 million years after the Big Bang.

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The Cavendish radio astronomy and cosmology group is hiring! They are looking for a research associate to work on radio astronomy instrumentation. Follow this link for more information!
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Hills seminar at the Battcock this morning. Malcolm Longair is speaking about the wonderful history of MRAO!

Congratulations to Roberto Maiolino who has been awarded the 2024 Blaauw Professorship at the University of Groningen! kicc.cam.ac.uk/news/roberto-m…

2024 Cavendish Annual Thesis Prize Winners | Department of Physics phy.cam.ac.uk/news/2024-cave…

Congratulations Thommas! Well done.

A signal of the golden hour! 📡🤩

In November 1967, Cambridge PhD student Jocelyn Bell made one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, here at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Jocelyn discovered pulsars – very small dense stars that send out radio waves.…

Public open evenings are back every Wednesday 7-9pm. Enjoy a 30-minute astronomy talk and, weather permitting, stargazing. This week, on 18th October, Cavendish Ambassador Charlotte Simmonds will discuss 'Unveiling the galaxies that lit up the Universe.' public.ast.cam.ac.uk/unveiling-gala…

Looking for PhD positions? Join us in one of our exciting cutting edge programmes for next year! From the quest to understanding the dawn of light in the Universe and the formation and evolution of cosmic structures, to the search for the origins of life! astro.phy.cam.ac.uk/gradresearch

Celeste Lu, Cavendish postdoc, talks about the captivating world of physics, where the biggest and the smallest scales connect. 🌌🔬 Join her in this video as she shares more about what excites her about physics in particular! #Physics
This video was shot earlier this year.

🌟 A warm welcome to our pioneering MPhil in Data Intensive Science cohort! 🚀 Wishing you all the best for your journey at Cavendish, filled with endless possibilities. 📚🌍 #MPhil #FutureLeaders #EducationExcellence

Good luck to the Carnarvon High School students 🇿🇦attending this week's World Robot Olympiad Friendship Invitational event in Denmark! They're part of the robotics training programme run by our partners SARAO - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, helping students to develop STEM skills: sarao.ac.za/about/northern…

Conference announcement: Raising the veil on star formation near and far (22-26 April 2024).

A meeting focusing on hidden and elusive star formation, from the local Universe to high redshift, and an occasion to remember Richard Hills.

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Research fellowships open at Cambridge! And 1 of them is in my college too! Message if you are interested in applying.

Early but exciting times for the Cambridge-led CosmoCube mission! Pilot study rapidly develops mission design for Moon-orbiting satellite port.ac.uk/news-events-an…