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Read more at: Using GAIA to detect low frequency gravitational waves

Using GAIA to detect low frequency gravitational waves

3 January 2018

The GAIA satellite A group of Cambridge astronomers, including Anthony Lasenby from the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and Kavli Institute for Cosmology, have made the first investigation of the sensitivity of the GAIA satellite to ultra-low frequency gravitational waves produced by supermassive black hole binaries. (See...

Read more at: Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term)

Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term)

3 January 2018

The Astrophysics Group in the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, has up to two vacancies for Postdoctoral Research Associates working on Petabyte-scale astronomy, the design of computing and software for the Square Kilometre Array observatory, and on advanced software techniques applied in general to astronomy...

Read more at: PhD Studentship in Galaxy Formation

PhD Studentship in Galaxy Formation

2 November 2017

The Extragalactic group led by Prof. Roberto Maiolino, within the Astrophysics Group of the Cavendish Laboratory and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, is inviting applications for PhD studentships beginning in October 2018. Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3.5 years in the first instance. The student...

Read more at: The RAPID portable interferometer deploys its first units

The RAPID portable interferometer deploys its first units

22 May 2017

The Radio Array of Portable Interferometric Detectors (RAPID) is a collaboration between MIT, University of Cambridge and JPL. RAPID is an ultra wide-band and wide field of view disconnected interferometer that can be quickly deployed anywhere in the world "where science is best". Using state of the art digital processing...

Read more at: PhD Studentship in Enhanced EM/RF modelling and design for ultra-fast digital communications and 21-cm cosmology

PhD Studentship in Enhanced EM/RF modelling and design for ultra-fast digital communications and 21-cm cosmology

11 April 2017

The Astrophysics Group of the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, and British Telecommunications Plc invite applications for an Industrial CASE funded studentship in enhanced EM/RF modelling and design for ultra-fast digital communications and 21-cm cosmology. For further information, and for details of how to...

Read more at: Discovery of Stars Forming in Galactic Winds
Discovery of Stars Forming in Galactic Winds

Discovery of Stars Forming in Galactic Winds

31 March 2017

A group of astronomers, led by Roberto Maiolino , has discovered the formation of stars in the fast winds expelled by a galaxy and most likely driven by a supermassive black hole. This is a completely new mode of star formation in which stars form at high speed, and may even escape the galaxy. This mode of star formation...

Read more at: Summer Internship Opportunity

Summer Internship Opportunity

29 March 2017

Just announced: Summer Internship Opportunity The David and Bridget Jacob Internship Programme: for details please visit our Summer Placements page .

Read more at: SKA's 400 AAVS1 antennas on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia

SKA's 400 AAVS1 antennas on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia

4 November 2016

444 units of the latest version of the SKALA antenna elements designed at Cavendish Astrophysics for the SKA-LOW telescope are currently on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia. The picture shows the position of the ship this morning (4th of November 2016) carrying the antenna elements. These antennas will form...

Read more at: HERA joins the SKA as a precursor

HERA joins the SKA as a precursor

4 July 2016

The Hydrogen Epoch of Re-ionization array ( HERA ) has just joined the family of SKA precursors. HERA, which is being built in the Karoo reserve in South Africa, targets the detection of the Epoch of Re-ionization (EoR) signal and will produce fundamental contributions to the understanding of the science and the...

Read more at: Roberto Maiolino awarded ERC Advanced Grant
Roberto Maiolino awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Roberto Maiolino awarded ERC Advanced Grant

18 April 2016

Prof. Roberto Maiolino has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), one of the most competitive categories of grants in Europe. The grant, entitled ‘QUENCH’, is aimed at investigating the mechanisms responsible for quenching star formation in galaxies and transforming them from star forming...

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