Universe

Square Kilometre Array: The Cosmology Engine

Researchers from the Cosmology Science Working Group of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) have worked out how to use the world's largest telescope for the task….

Unravelling the mystery of gamma-ray bursts

Researchers at Cardiff University are trying to work out the possible sounds scientists might expect to hear when the ultra-sensitive LIGO and Virgo detectors…

Physicist Helps Discover Subatomic Particles

Steven Blusk, associate professor of physics, has identified particles known as Xi_b'- and Xi_b*-. Although the particles had been predicted to exist, nobody…

Mission to discover hundreds of black holes could unlock secrets of the Universe

When two detectors are switched on in the US next year, the Cardiff team hope their research will help scientists pick up the faint ripples of black hole…

A galaxy of deception

Astronomers usually have to peer very far into the distance to see back in time, and view the Universe as it was when it was young. This new NASA/ESA Hubble…

Most metal-poor star hints at universe's first supernovae

Iron-poor stars provide insight about the very early universe where the first generation of stars and galaxies formed. The recent discovery of the most…

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