Astronomers find that young star cluster is surrounded by a halo of "sibling" stars

28 January 2013

Stars tend to form in groups and over time the majority of these groups disperse to become field stars, like our sun. Understanding this process of cluster dissolution is important in unravelling how the Milky Way grew over time. It is a challenging task, however, because it is extremely difficult to identify the dispersed clusters.

Physics PhD student sets the kink straight

23 January 2013

First-year PhD student, Phil Goddard, publishes new paper in Physical Review Letters.

New Astrophysics research group at Surrey

10 January 2013

Professor Mark Gieles joins the department as the first member of the department’s new astrophysics research group

Winners of the Vice Chancellor's Health and Safety Award

30 November 2012

Congratulations! Gary Strudwick, Robert Derham, Simon Barnes, John-William Brown and Kevin Joyce have won the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Health and Safety at the Awards Dinner held on Monday, 19th November 2012.

PhySoc goes to CERN!

28 November 2012

Physoc will be taking 14 students to CERN for 3 days in January to visit CERN and find out more about the recent Higgs boson results